Beware of "Your Capital One Online Account Security is Inactive" Phishing Scam
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December 6, 2017
2017-12-06T15:24:07
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December 6, 2017
2017-12-06T15:21:11
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The "Your Capital One Online Account Security is Inactive" Phishing Scam
From: Capital One [mailto:ahmed@panoramabh.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 10:14 AM
Subject: ACCOUNT MESSAGE ALERT !!!
Dear User,
Your Capital One online account security is inactive, but first you have to confirm your registration.
Click here to confirm your registration!
Privacy Department.
Capital One
Capital One customers who have received messages claiming that they need to do some activity on their accounts, such always go directly to https://www.capitalone.com/ and sign into their accounts. Once they have signed in, they will be notified of security updates, notifications and other important notifications. So, there is no need to click on a link in an email message, which may go to phishing or malicious website.
Also, Capital One customers who have already been tricked by the phishing messages, are asked to change their passwords and contact Capital One immediately, before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently by cybercriminals.
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