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An Email with the Subject "VISA Bank Account is fraudulent and it will be suspended" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 18 May 2006 05:26:07 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "security@VISA.com" <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 Credit Card Owner ,
VISA is devoted to keeping a safe environment for its community of consumers and
producers. To guarantee the safety of your account, VISA deploys some of the
most advanced security measures in the world and our anti-fraud units regularly
screen the VISA database for suspicious
activity.
We recently have discovered that multiple computers have attempted to log into
your VISA. Online Banking account, and multiple password failures
were presented before the logons. We now require you to re-validate your account
information to us. If this is not completed by May 20, 2006, we will be forced
to suspend your account indefinitely, as it may have been used for fraudulent
purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner.
In order to confirm your Online Bank records, we may require some specific
information from you.
Please Click Here
or on the link below to verify your account
http://www.visa.com/secure_update/update
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.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporary
suspend your account.
VISA Security Team
Dear VISA Credit Card Owner ,
VISA is devoted to keeping a safe environment for its community of consumers and
producers. To guarantee the safety of your account, VISA deploys some of the
most advanced security measures in the world and our anti-fraud units regularly
screen the VISA database for suspicious
activity.
We recently have discovered that multiple computers have attempted to log into
your VISA. Online Banking account, and multiple password failures
were presented before the logons. We now require you to re-validate your account
information to us. If this is not completed by May 20, 2006, we will be forced
to suspend your account indefinitely, as it may have been used for fraudulent
purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner.
In order to confirm your Online Bank records, we may require some specific
information from you.
Please Click Here
or on the link below to verify your account
http://www.visa.com/secure_update/update
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.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporary
suspend your account.
VISA Security Team