Are you receiving any PHISHING email from BANK OF AMERICA?

Question

BE WARNED!
I have already received TWO (2) emails today that look VERY OFFICIAL from Bank of America and want me to click on a link and supply them with my "Banking Information".

First of all, Bank of America NEVER asks for your personal information by email.

Secondly, check the body of the fraudulent email you received and (in my case) look for typos like these I found:

1) It says:
"For security purpose, we are required to open an investigation into this matter."
SHOULD BE: "FOR SECURITY PURPOSES"

2) It says (at the bottom of the email):
"Bank of America Online Banking Departament"

'DEPARTAMENT"??? (B of A (or any bank for that matter) does not make spelling mistakes or typos)

Be careful, DO NOT click on any of the links, and contact your bank for an address where you can forward those emails.

For Bank of America, forward them to:
[e-mail]

Answer 1

No, I have not received an e-mail like that from a bank. All of the e-mails that I received like that said that they were from banks, but were really from somewhere else (maybe Nigeria).

Answer 2

I get these things from all sorts of "banks." I don't track which ones. They all get deleted.

Rule of thumb is this. ANY email asking you to click a link and enter personal or financial info is a scam. If for some reason you believe it's real, go to your browser, type in the company web site address that you have on file, and then login normally.

Answer 3

Scams naming economic company of united states of america have been around for years. no longer something new. you're marvelous with regard to the spelling blunders and typos being giveaways to the undeniable fact that those emails are scams. So is the undesirable grammar utilized in maximum rip-off emails. yet another giveaway is using a yahoo digital mail address for a meant merchandising via Microsoft, or another such inconsistency. multiple way of telling that that's a rip-off. the suitable suggestion is to on no account open emails from human beings you do no longer understand. on no account.

Answer 4

I've gotten them that look like the bank that I do bank with and from others that I don't bank with. I've even gotten one that appeared to be for a banks in other countries. I delete them all.

I ignore them all. If they truly need something extremely important from me, they will either mail it to me or let me know the next time that I'm in the branch.

Answer 5

I have received that and similar emails from banks that I have no account at, banks I have an account at at email addresses that nobody knows but me and IRS. They all know your account number so don't need to ask. If they ask, forward the email to [e-mail]

Answer 6

I also received two e-mails allegedly from the B of A requesting the same information, I didn't bite. Anytime that i get unsolicited e-mail requesting personal info the red flags go up.

Answer 7

i got about 1/2 a dozen starting about 2-3 weeks ago.. as soon as I saw it i called and let BofA know.. mostly cause I dont hold accounts with them..