Warning of an Email Scam

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lotusson
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Warning of an Email Scam - Aug 13, 2004 22:50
This is what I received in my email today.

And yes, this is how it actually came, as a picture instead of a typed response. Below it was this link that I did not click on and I suggest you don' t either.



http://rds.yahoo.com/*%68%74%74%70%3a%2f%2f%77%77%77%2e
%67%6f%6f%67%6c%65%2emu%2f%75%72%6c%3f%71%3d%68%74%74%70
%253a%252f%252fxqqkcpefe.com*23896%252E%2564%2561%252E%2572
%2575%252F


This is that same link after you hit reply.

....#00119;w#00119;.c#00105;t#00105;ba#00110;k.c#00111;m/
?scNYnHK5sw3aGqyrMX5A2di38810g7dLqUzR0c4n086Lo6KbZSd32d72p


What made it obvious to me is that I' m not a Citibank member at all. In fact I' ve never been to Citibank.

So keep an eye out for such crap emails like this.
< Message edited by lotusson -- 8/13/2004 10:52:41 PM >

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RE: Warning of an Email Scam - Aug 16, 2004 03:44
wow, what an obvious scam too

not only would a bank ever have a customer email any personal information regarding their account, but it is an image! It' s obvious that they don' t want to be caught by character searches so they used an image with text BWAHAHA

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RE: Warning of an Email Scam - Aug 20, 2004 15:39
I received a similar emailing quite some time ago.

As I am not (or have ever been) a CitiBank member, it was obvious to me that it was a scam. I immediately deleted the emailing.

Excellent heads-up, lotusson!
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RE: Warning of an Email Scam - Aug 21, 2004 01:05
lol every Bank and online game will say things like " At any time we will NEVER ask for your PIN (password). Do NOT respond to such messages that do" IN HUGE FRIGGIN RED LETTERS