Bank Email Warning

[cougartex]

Banks, credit card companies issue email warning.

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[The Annoyed Man]

I got one of the warnings from Best Buy this morning.

[Teamless]

Over the past 2 weeks, I have received 3 phishing attempts on my Chase account.
Of course, I never click the links and just forwarded them to Abuse@ chase dot com

[Hoosier Daddy]

I got an email about the Epsilon leak from RHI. Not to be confused with MHI.

[Jasonw560]

Chase sent me the same Epsilon warning about an hour ago.

[RPBrown]

Chase sent me the same Epsilon warning about an hour ago.

Yep so did I

[RPB]

Note on E-mails

If using an e-mail program like Outlook/msn livemail etc, right click/properties/Details/Message source
Usually you can see it's a phishing scheme when you know what to look for.

Domain name looks odd or
look for text saying ... click here to log in < MY url with fake text showing > like http://www.YourBank.com and then you go to a fake site, enter account number and password and ...... People do that phishing for Hotmail/Gmail accounts, Bank Accounts everything.

(Don't worry, clicking that link in example above really takes you to http://www.texaschlforum.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

In an E-mail Message Source it will be in HTML code a href usually like here http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_a_href.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; with the text as a normal looking link to what you think your bank's link is ... but the actual href link DESTINATION is their own website which "looks" like your bank's


I always look at properties/Details/Message source before clicking anything in an e-mail.
I used to report every one .... now I just delete without opening.


Also, you can go to a DNS lookup tool, for example dnsstuff.com and see if your bank really has that IP address/domain name (end of e-mail address in source)

[MasterOfNone]

The best advice I have ever heard, and I follow, is this. If you get email (or a phone call or any other contact), do not respond to it or follow its instructions. Instead, contact the company it claims to be from using the means you normally use (assuming you have an account; otherwise, just delete and forget). If the message was legitimate, you'll get the same information by contacting them directly. And that's the only way to know you are dealing with the real company.

[Dad24GreatKids]

Chase sent me the same Epsilon warning about an hour ago.

Yep so did I

Looks like lots of companies and people have been impacted by this. I've received notices from four different companies (two financial, one hotel chain, Best Buy).

[i8godzilla]

Here are SOME of the companies that had email addresses stolen from Epsilon

Kroger
JPMorgan Chase
Capital One
Citi
New York & Company
US Bank
Barclays Bank of Delaware
Barclay's L.L. Bean Visa card
Brookstone
McKinsey Quarterly
TiVo
College Board
Walgreens
Ameriprise
Marriott Rewards
Ritz-Carlton Rewards
Disney Destinations (The Walt Disney Travel Company)
Benefit Cosmetics
Home Shoppers Network (HSN)
AbeBook
Best Buy
Best Buy Canada Reward Zone
Robert Half International
Borders
City Market
Dillons
Food 4 Less
Fred Meyer
Fry's
Hilton Honors
Jay C
King Soopers
QFC
Ralphs
Smith Brands
Verizon
Visa
AIR MILES Reward Program (Canada)
Beachbody
bebe
College Board
Eileen Fisher
Ethan Allen
Lacoste
Red Roof Inn
Target

If these companies communicate with you via email then it is possible that your name and email address have been obtained via this security breach.

[RPB]

The best advice I have ever heard, and I follow, is this. If you get email (or a phone call or any other contact), do not respond to it or follow its instructions. Instead, contact the company it claims to be from using the means you normally use (assuming you have an account; otherwise, just delete and forget). If the message was legitimate, you'll get the same information by contacting them directly. And that's the only way to know you are dealing with the real company.

Yup, after getting my credit card skimmed at a gas pump, getting a new account number yesterday, I looked at E-mails and online account stuff from Verizon to give them my new card number for the "recurring payment", decided to just CALL them instead.