OH NOEZ!
In my mailbox this morning:
We noticed one or more attemts to login to your WellsFargo Online ID from foregin IP address and we have reasons to belive that your account was hijacked by a third party without your authorization.
If your recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual login attempts may have been initiated by you.
However, if you are the righful holder of the account, click on the link below, fill the form and then submit as we try to verify your identity.
https://online.wellsfargo.com/update?UPDATE_CODE=ZXJyb3Iubm9Vc2VybmFtZQ%3D%3D
The login attempt was made from:
Ip address: 64.12.116.8
ISP host : cache-mtc-aa5.proxy.aol.com
If you chose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but temporary suspend your account.
We ask that you allow at least 72 hours for the case to be investigated and we strongly remomendt not to make any changes to your account in that time.
Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your account.
Regards,
Wells Fargo security department.
Uh-oh! Somebody's trying to hack my nonexistent Wells Fargo account! Somebody foregin and scary! I belive I have no choise but to submit as they try to verify my identity, or they will temporary suspend my account! I remomendt that everyone go panic and swarm Wells Fargo!
The saddest thing about this is that if more people in the US were basically competent with the English language, phishing scams like this wouldn't work at all.
We noticed one or more attemts to login to your WellsFargo Online ID from foregin IP address and we have reasons to belive that your account was hijacked by a third party without your authorization.
If your recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual login attempts may have been initiated by you.
However, if you are the righful holder of the account, click on the link below, fill the form and then submit as we try to verify your identity.
https://online.wellsfargo.com/update?UPDATE_CODE=ZXJyb3Iubm9Vc2VybmFtZQ%3D%3D
The login attempt was made from:
Ip address: 64.12.116.8
ISP host : cache-mtc-aa5.proxy.aol.com
If you chose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but temporary suspend your account.
We ask that you allow at least 72 hours for the case to be investigated and we strongly remomendt not to make any changes to your account in that time.
Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your account.
Regards,
Wells Fargo security department.
Uh-oh! Somebody's trying to hack my nonexistent Wells Fargo account! Somebody foregin and scary! I belive I have no choise but to submit as they try to verify my identity, or they will temporary suspend my account! I remomendt that everyone go panic and swarm Wells Fargo!
The saddest thing about this is that if more people in the US were basically competent with the English language, phishing scams like this wouldn't work at all.