Have you heard of this type of scam before? Your trusted bank sends you an email stating the you need to update your information and if you don’t you will not be able to access your information online. Be careful! Most legitimate banks do not contact their customers in this manner if there is an issue at hand. Furthermore, if you are questing the validity of the email you should contact your bank directly and not respond to the email.
Dear Customer,
We are currently updating our online banking services, and due to this upgrade we sincerely call your attention to follow below Attachment and reconfirm your online account details. Failure to confirm the online banking details,
will suspend you from accessing your account online.
Due to this, you are requested to follow the provided steps and confirm your Online Banking details for the safety of your Accounts.
Download the ( Attachment Fiile ) and follow the intruction given.
We use the latest security SSL measures to ensure that your online banking experience is safe and secure. The administration asks you to accept our apologies for the inconvenience caused and expresses gratitude for cooperation.
Thanks for your co-operation,
Bank of America.
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As much as you tried to avoid it, it finally happened to you. Your email was hacked. Now, you are receiving calls and response emails from your friends, family, and co-workers about the crazy messages that have been filling their inboxes from your account.
How did this happen? You never give your email address out unless it is completely necessary and you monitor your sent messages daily. Regardless of how it has happened the first thing you need to do immediately is CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD!!!! This should hopefully stop anyone from getting back into your email account. The next thing you can do is email everyone on your contact list and let them know that you are aware that your account was hacked and you have everything under control.
Getting hacked is a frustrating and sometimes unavoidable issue. If you have any old email addresses that you don’t use anymore it is best to close the account and/or still monitor its activity. An old email address with thousands of unread messages may seem harmless to you, but is an ideal email account for hackers. Most often they can hack and use your old email address without detection for a long period of time since you rarely check it.
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