MadGutts Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Hi ppl...I just received this e-mail:Official information to SunTrust Bank clients:We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your Suntrust Internet Banking account may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party.Protecting the security of your account and of the Suntrust network is our primary concern. Therefore, as a preventative measure, we have temporarily limited access to sensitive account features.To restore your account access, please take the following steps to ensure that your account has not been compromised:1. Login to your Internet Banking account. In case you are not enrolled for Internet Banking, you will haveto use your Social Security Number as both your Personal ID and Password and fill in all the required information, including your name and your account number.2. Review your recent account history for any unauthorized withdrawals or deposits, and check your account profile to make sure not changes have been made. If any unauthorized activity has taken place on your account, report this to Suntrust Bank staff immediately.To get started, please click the link below:https://internetbanking.suntrust.com Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter and thank you for using SunTrust Bank! © 2004 SunTrust Banks, Inc. All rights reserved. Member FDIC Do not reply to this e-mail as it is an unmonitored aliasI don't bank with them, and don't intend to (if they really exist)So just another scam?? Word of advise to those of you who may well have one of these... Read it carefully, your own bank would NEVER ask for the details that this is asking for! and certainly not via e-mail!!!!!Oh... and i like the "small print" at the end !as if...................EDIT:Here is the specifics of the mail address:From: "SunTrust Banks, Inc." <security@suntrust.com>Reply-To: "SunTrust Banks, Inc." <confirm@suntrust.com> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 its so easy send emails from a certain domain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Your should go here:http://www.suntrust.com/alert/index.aspNote at the bottom THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTMany financial institutions and companies that conduct business on the Internet, including SunTrust, have become the target of fraudulent email and Web site scams. These scams are known as “phishes,” (pronounced “fishes”) and they attempt to illegally obtain clients' personal and account information.To report a suspicious email, pop-up Web page or Web site, please forward information about it to abuse@suntrust.com. If you have provided personal or account information in response to a fraudulant email or Web site, fill out our Online Fraud Form or immediately contact SunTrust at 1-800-227-3782.Learn more about: * SunTrust's Client Commitment * How to Identify Online Fraud * Examples of Online Fraud * How to Protect Yourself from Online Fraud * Report Online FraudSunTrust's Client CommitmentSunTrust will never send emails asking for personal or account information, such as passwords, Social Security Numbers, PINs, credit or Check Card numbers, or other confidential information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 The same e-mail was also going around the net with the CitiBank logo as well...SCAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 The CitiBank email also contained a virus. I have had several from there and they were stopped by my ISP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Yet another phishing scam?Okay well, please take a look if the person in this topic is also having the same email as sent to you ppl - link.If so, then probably we could tell him how he can extricate himself out of that mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 When I get spam and phishing, it's at work with an e-mail address I have had a long time. Somewhere along the line my e-mail address was picked up by spammers and is now on a list to get spam. I get anywhere from 12 to 30 a day. Most get filtered out by my ISP. The others I just dump.@prathapml I read what you told the guy in the other thread. I agree with what you said and I don't see anything else he can do other than not open up that crap. On second thought, if he doesn't have a virus scanner and a firewall up he needs them. I can't imagine anyone who uses the internet anymore who would not have them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synapse Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 yea lots of people aer getting this.. check out this one on neo-winhttp://www.neo-win.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=251316 *gotta remove the - sign* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 @Bi0haZarD There have been several scams out of Nigeria using e-mail and regular mail. One way or another they ask you to help them get money out of their country by setting up a bank account with your name and theirs on it and have you put in some honor money. Then bye-bye dinero. I have received two by mail and several by e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redder Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 My exprience with Internet Banking is, no bank will do stuff over the net with their clients, they hardly do it over the phone, Whenever I have a problem they contact me by letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 My exprience with Internet Banking is, no bank will do stuff over the net with their clients, they hardly do it over the phone, Whenever I have a problem they contact me by letter.Online transactions? Paying bills online? Many banks offer those services... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUX POWERRR Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 just send it to the bank to check out if it came from one of their office. personally i think it's a scam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix_nf Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 when i worked in an export firm we used to get like on an average 3 emails per week.you want some more emails like this register u r self on export import promotion websites. (for offers on buying and selling) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
army20 Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 I'm using ING Direct (.ca) it's an online and phone bank only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkback Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 @Bi0haZarD There have been several scams out of Nigeria using e-mail and regular mail. One way or another they ask you to help them get money out of their country by setting up a bank account with your name and theirs on it and have you put in some honor money. Then bye-bye dinero. I have received two by mail and several by e-mail.Interesting to see this one is going around again - it was a big prob about five or six years ago and is supposed to have been closed down. It is the classic con in that it relies on the victim's greed to work.PS I also got the Citibank one attached to a virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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