Scam Alert!!!

[kwan]

So I come home from school and check my email, and this is what it says.

"
From: "U.S. Bank" <[email protected]> Add to Address Book
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Online banking issue
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 17:31:11 -0200


Dear U.S. Bank valued customer,

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the online
banking community we have issued this warning message.

It has come to our attention that your account information needs
to be updated due to inactive customers, fraud and spoof reports.
If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and renew
your records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your records may result in your account suspension.
This notification expires on August 15, 2004.

Once you have updated your account records your internet banking
service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

Please follow the link below and renew your account information.


U.S. Bank Internet Banking "

Now my e-mail is [email protected] and I found it odd that someone also had an e-mail named tigabalm. So I visit the site and this is what it shows:



Now if you don't find it odd that they would ask for your CC#, Exp date, CVV2, ATM Pin, and more importantly your Social Security. Notice the "Connection Secured" pic on the left corner of the page. Yet there is no padlock icon on the bottom right corner of the browser window. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I can see how some people get into the identity theft commercials.

So I instant msg tigabalm and ask if he has a yahoo account and so on. He says yes, and I explain the whole e-mail. He doesn't even bank with U.S. Bank! Anyhow, just giving you guys a heads up, if you see any similar stuff.

[JMG]

I got the EXACT SAME email

[kwan]

i just noticed cruisinginvirginia is also a board member, I wonder how many others got the e-mail.

[dukez]

Are both of you guys members of this US bank place?

Paypal scammers tried a similar stunt. It was pretty lame, just like that URL, it didnt even resolve a domain name, just an IP, that can be easily traced.

Sides, everyone should know that a (legit)bank company would/should never ask for shit like that. Thats the first thing they tell you when you sign on.

[blacka4]

yea I got that same email

[Jimmy]

Search results for: 196.40.71.95

Radiografica Costarricense S.A. RACSA (NET-196-40-0-0-1)
196.40.0.0 - 196.40.95.255
Radiográfica Costarricense S.A. COLOCATION-3 (NET-196-40-71-0-1)
196.40.71.0 - 196.40.71.127

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2004-08-09 19:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.



Think US bank is doing it's internet business through South Africa these days?

[blacka4]

i think not...and how many Azer's got this email? I'm not sayin that the admins sold our addresses or anything..just curious

[Jimmy]

Nobody sold anything.
There are bots which search webpages looking for anything with the format:

*@*.*

and grab it knowing it's an email address and then populate their spam/scam lists.

[Mark]

all my accounts linked to AZ got the email . . .

[Starting]

Also go the email. Mine didn't have a link included though.

[astris]

Got the email too. I don't even know where a U.S. Bank is near me.

[jpsimon]

obviously its a ****ing scam, any email that has a list of email adresses in it like that sent from a palce like that is OBVIOUSLY a scam

just delete it

[EVIL-AUDI]

haha I got one in my AZ mail today.

[voodooA4]

heh, I got one too, with other AZ member's emails in there...

[Saturnine]

I just deleted the email i got.

[OverSpun]

i didnt get it... yet.. unless my spam filter killed it.

[AudiMan]

i got it too, but it went to my bulk mail

[foofighter]

let me assure you that AZ does not sell email addresses.

back when AZ 2.0 launched the mods were putting their email addy's up for anyone w/ questions. shortly thereafter we were getting spam and viruses like mad...those dam bots are harvesting like mad

[Anthony]

What Foo said. We'd never think of doing that! Hell, we're not that desperate!

No worries, I got like five the other day. Quickly went to my trash folder.

[agravic 2.0]

i got it. deleted it. i dunno how they got it tho.

[blacka4]

Foo , anth.. I didn't think you guys would sell out addresses...it never was a worry to me. just funny that everyone on here was getting the email...I hate bots and ppl that harvest email addys for spam. they need to rot in hell

[tigabalm]

yup... got it too... didnt realize till jojo told me tho, its such BS!

and if you read the e-mail again, it doesnt even make sense...

peace

[A4-disiac]

I got the same email. I don't even bother opening emails from senders I don't know. I just delete and be done with it.

[needforspd]

I got that emial also sent to my yahoo account linked to here.
A bot or something must have hit this board searching for email addys cuz the email i have here i dont give out and only use it for Audi related stuff. I have 3 other yahoo accounts i use for spam n shit like that.

[jesseahhstyle]

Hey if you all get this email just forward it to [email protected]

I got the email and i replied to everyone on the thread to warn them not to do anything on the webpage. Not to reply back to the original sender.

But forward it to the email addy i gave above. I noticed anson, derek, steadysupreme, cyub. Just a few SN's i noticed or names i've seen before all lead to this forum. So just forward that to the usbank email. So that way they can find the person w/the fraudulent scam behind this.