BEWARE OF TITLES LIKE THIS: MESSAGE FROM BANK OF AMERICA

[captkirk]

Hi Fellow MC Members and Guests,

 

Beware of receiving emails like this and NEVER send them your personal information:

 

Bank of America

115 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036, USA

From Desktop of Mr. Jeff Anderson

Our Ref: BOF-0XX2/987/20

E-mail:jeffanderson10036@gmail.com

 

 

It is my modest obligation to write you this letter as regards the Authorization of your owed payment through our most respected financial institution (Bank of America). I am Mr. Jeff Anderson, TRANSFER INSPECTION OFFICER, foreign operations Department Bank of America, the British Government in Conjunction with us government, World Bank, united Nations Organization on foreign Payment matters has empowered my bank after much consultation and consideration to handle all foreign payments and release them to their appropriate beneficiaries with the help of a Representative from Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

As the newly Appointed/Accredited International Paying Bank, We have been instructed by the world governing body together with the committee on international debt reconciliation department to release your overdue funds with immediate effect; with this exclusive vide transaction no.: wha/eur/202,password: 339331, pin code: 78569, having received these vital payment numbers, you are instantly qualified to receive and confirm your payment with us within the next 96hrs.

 

Be informed that we have verified your payment file as directed to us and your name is next on the list of our outstanding fund beneficiaries to receive their payment. Be advised that because of too many funds beneficiaries, you are entitled to receive the sum of $14.5M,(Fourteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars only), as to enable us pay other eligible beneficiaries.

 

    To facilitate with the process of this transaction, please kindly re-confirm the following information below:

 

 

1) Your Full Name:

2) Your Full Address:

3) Your Contact Telephone and Fax No:

4) Your Profession, Age and Marital Status:

5) Any Valid Form of Your Identification/Driver's License:

6) Bank Name:

7) Bank Address:

8) Account Name:

9) Account Number:

10) Swift Code:

11) Routing Number:

 

 

As soon as we receive the above mentioned information, your payment will be processed and released to you without any further delay. This notification email should be your confidential property to avoid impersonators claiming your fund. You are required to provide the above information for your transfer to take place through Bank to Bank Transfer directly from Bank of America

 

We Look Forward To Serving You Better.

 

Mr. Jeff Anderson,

TRANSFER INSPECTION OFFICER

Bank of America

 

 

 

 

[Guest mrclean0325]

Those are always fun to get...so are the ones from the FBI, Some other government agency, Nigerian banks, Someone who says you are their heir and has a pile of money for you, Someone who needs your help getting money out of the country, and so many others.

 

My favorite was one I got from a hitman saying he would not kill me since I was a nice person if I paid him what the other person was paying to kill me....

[market101]

What a timely topic.  I just got a message from my bank today saying they thought someone had hacked into my account.  So, I called them up and it was really them.  So my little bit of advice is to see what the email address is on the email that was sent to you.  If it's not "your bank" .com ..... just delete it.   BTW, all I had to do was change my ID and PW..... and just because it couldn't hurt, I changed my email address too.

[rpsmith]

It is always a good idea to ignore these messages and delete them. Even if you DO have an account with the banking institution in question. NEVER go though the link they provide in the email. ALWAYS open a new browser window and log in directly. People who fall for this usually have their banks accounts cleaned out before they even know it happened.  Never saw it happen personally, but I have heard enough horror stories about it be very very cautious.

[Bruno Duarte]

I get from here, Nigeria too. I also got some reward from the FBI once or twice hahahah...

[john566]

I have about 10 emails with that subject line in my spam folder, thanks for sharing

[Arlequin]

The Phishermen took out their cane and went to Phish a large fish.

Messages like this one are sent every day by big scammers.

 

Also beware of titles like "You have inherited..." or "I need your help to take my funds out of..." or even "I am a Refugee from XXX and need your help"

 

As I said they took their cane to go Phishing and Scamming.

 

CaptKirk, thank for remaining us of this.

 

Carlos Arguello (Arlequin)