The Scamdex Scam Email Archive X

Subject:  Confirm Your Account Status
From:  "VISA" <security@visa.com>
Date:  Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:49:43 -0700
Category:  Generic
Date Added:  2016-07-20 20:12:08

An Email with the Subject "Confirm Your Account Status" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:49:43 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "VISA" <security@visa.com>.

The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.



Dear VISA Card Customer,

You have received this email because we have strong reasons to believe that your VISA account had been recently compromised. In order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation into this matter.

Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.

If your account information is not updated within the next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your VISA account has not been fraudulently used and to combat fraud.

Please login into your account at this link, which is a SSL secured connection:

http://www.visa.com/verified-by-visa/update.htm

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.

Regards,
Safeharbor Department
Visa Card, Inc.




Dear VISA Card Customer,

You have received this email because we have strong reasons to believe that your VISA account had been recently compromised. In order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation into this matter.

Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.

If your account information is not updated within the next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your VISA account has not been fraudulently used and to combat fraud.

Please login into your account at this link, which is a SSL secured connection:

http://www.visa.com/verified-by-visa/update.htm

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.

Regards,
Safeharbor Department
Visa Card, Inc.