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I know most of us are wiser than others after all we have been/are going through, but just thought I would warn everyone about the email I have just received from "MBNA".
When you click on the link, it asks for your card number, and ATM PIN----yeah right!!!!! My friend also had one this morning, but that was through Ebay.
MBNA Canada Bank is constantly working to improve the account security of our customers. In order, to ensure the integrity and security of our online banking system, we periodically review accounts. We were unable to contact you by phone during the last check, so please verify the information at your account file and make sure it is right.
Please, verify your account information by following the link:
The next verification will be done in 7 days after you confirm the account information.
Customer Service
MBNA Canada Bank
Caleo
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Cool Thanks
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I know that firm 'intimatley'... the sites seem genuine. whats goin on !!!
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It is strange!! Thing is, it looks pretty genuine, as did my friends Ebay one!!!
If you look closely though, the grammar is not perfect!!! Anyways, anything asking for a PIN is iffy.....and I DON'T have a card with them....but have links to Canada, and have recently changed my phone number!!!!!
Spooky!
Caleo
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While the link as pasted into the post above does appear to go the the genuine mbna site (though not to a page it recognises), the link in the email itself may have just looked like that was where it was sending you, when actually it was sending you somewhere else. This code is easily hidden in an email and would not show through if the text was just copied and pasted here. They tend to rely on people not noticing this when they click. I get loads of these supposedly from almost every bank going I think as I have a website featuring my email address so it is easily found by scammers.
If you ever feel unsure and wonder if maybe it might be genuine, contact your bank directly, either through typing in their website address yourself (not using ANY links in an email) or just give them a call and they can reassure you. The likes of eBay have a list of things to look for in a scam email, the main one I have always seen being that a genuine eBay email will refer to you by the name you have given them, whereas fake ones will say something like 'Dear valued eBay customer'. eBay know who you are, scammers dont. Again, if you are unsure, eBay have a dedicated email you can forward suspicious emails to and they will tell you if it is genuine.
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This code is easily hidden in an email and would not show through if the text was just copied and pasted here.
Aaah...that makes sense now! When I clicked on that on the email I received, it took me to a page asking for my card number and ATM PIN. When I cut and pasted it, the page has gone......
Very clever!!
Caleo
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One more to look out for. Using your actual e-bay name is to attempt to say the money you owe on an item has not been recieved. If like me you seldom buy of e-bay then automatically you know that money is'nt owed to a seller.
But I guess if you buy a lot of items you may not notice one strange one.
I contacted e-bay and got an auto mail in reply, not very satisfactory
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I got a phone call once saying that someone had tried to make a major purchse on my credit card. The person had my name, card number and address. They asked for my password so I gave them a fake one, they went on to ask if I actually had my card in my possession when I said that I did, they asked if I could get it out to read off the expiry date, issue date and the last three numbers on the back.
Now as they'd not made any response to the fake password, I gave them a fake expiry and issue date and fake security number too. They thanked me and rang off. I phoned the police as I had already been warned of this scheme.
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I got a phone call once saying that someone had tried to make a major purchse on my credit card. The person had my name, card number and address. They asked for my password so I gave them a fake one, they went on to ask if I actually had my card in my possession when I said that I did, they asked if I could get it out to read off the expiry date, issue date and the last three numbers on the back.
Now as they'd not made any response to the fake password, I gave them a fake expiry and issue date and fake security number too. They thanked me and rang off. I phoned the police as I had already been warned of this scheme.
good thinking Mr shoe
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I had one today:
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Note spelling mistakes and bad grammar. Like I'm going to fall for that one! The subject of the e-mail is "RE: Message 1234567"