Email Fraud Alert received from: BArrack
I recently received an email with this subject line: Bank of America Alert: Security Alert and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
Dear CUSTOMER:
Date Added: 4/20/2013
We have been unable to verify your billing address you
specified when you set up your Online Banking Alerts
preferences.
Please Visit http://www.bankofamerica.com/update
(C) 2013 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.
Please do not reply to this email.
Contact us about this email
If you have any questions, please either call the phone number on your account statement or use the Contact Us page, so we can properly verify your identity.
Bank of America Email, 8th Floor, 101 South Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28255-0001
Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender
© 2013 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.
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The above email was sent by “Bank of America Alert “ from this email address: eAlert@bofa.com
I, BArrack, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Bank of America Alert “:
This one I can safely ignore as I don’t bank or reside in America. Obviously it is an attempt at phishing so I am sharing it here as an early warning to the unwise.