What should you do when you recieve e-mails from banks that you never had accounts with but they have your e-mail address and name? I know my ssn is protected but still I don't like financial activity being done with my name and account that is not mine.
2006-08-17 12:25:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
1. avoid responding to them, they are email phising scams to get information to commit identity theft.
2. report the email to FBI.gov look for Internet fraud on the site.
3. add them to your blacklist if you have spam protection on your email server or mark as junk mail in your email client.
4. delete the email as your last step.
2006-08-17 12:39:55 · answer #1 · answered by mrjazman m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are phishing for your personal information.
Leave that email open and open Internet Explorer in another window. Search for the bank's website. If it is a big bank, they probably have a section on the website that deals with security issues and phishing like what you received. Look for the email address and forward that email to the bank. They can deal with it from then on.
You could also forward it to spam@uce.gov
Banks will never contact you about security issues via email.
2006-08-17 12:47:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is often a fradulent practice called "phishing".
Links in the e-mails refer to fake banking sites, designed to look like a regular bank site. You type in your account number and password, and you have been "hooked" like a fish, as the bad guys now have your acct number and password.
Delete. Delete. Delete. For my sanity, I never ask my bank to contact me by e-mail, preferably by phone or mail. That way any e-mails I can safely ignore.
Hope this helps!
P.S. - I have also received fake "Paypal" notices, too.
2006-08-17 12:43:32 · answer #3 · answered by Polymath 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't ever give them any info. I would just delete it. FYI-there have been people calling others and saying they are the bank or so and so company needing info. Don't give info out over the phone. These people even have a way of changing what shows up on caller ID. So if you ever have anything like that, tell them you'll call them back and look up the # in the phone book. Call them and see if they called you requesting info.
2006-08-17 12:32:24 · answer #4 · answered by renee1724 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam. Delete them. If you ever get such an email from YOUR bank, do not click on any links, rather, call your bank to get more information. These phishers are trying to trick you into giving up your vital info. Your name and email address are easy to find, the other info you have to be tricked into giving.
2006-08-17 12:31:13 · answer #5 · answered by gadjitfreek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I completely agree with renee1724!!!!!!!
2006-08-17 12:35:36 · answer #6 · answered by Life after 45 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont know
2006-08-17 12:30:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋