"U.S. Bank Account Suspension" Phishing Email Scams
The email message below which claims the recipients' U.S. Bank accounts have been suspended due to invalid attempts to sign into their accounts from an unknown IP address, is a phishing scam. The email message is just one of the many being sent by cyber-criminals to potential victims. Therefore, U.S. Bank customers who have received the same email messages are asked not to follow the instructions or click on the links within them. The is because the links go to a fake U.S. Bank website created by cyber criminals to trick visitors into stealing their U.S. Bank usernames and passwords. This is why it is recommended that U.S. Bank customers never click on a link in an email message to sign into their online accounts.
The "U.S. Bank Account Suspension" Phishing Email Scam
From: US Bank - jstpeachy@cox.net
Date: May 26, 2017 at 4:10:19 PM EDT
Subject: New Message From us bank.
Dear Valued Customer,
We noticed invalid login attempts into your online account from an unknown IP address.
Due to this, we have temporarily suspended your account.
We need you to verify your account information.
Click on Verify Your Account below to complete this process.
Verify Your Account
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Every month, thousands of these email messages are sent out by scammers to tricktheir potential victims into stealing their username, password, financial or personal information. Therefore, U.S. Bank customers should never click on a link in an email message to sign into any of their online accounts. They should instead, go directly to www.usbank.com in their web browsers and sign into their account from there. If there is a problem with their accounts, they will be notified after signing in.
U.S. Bank customers who were tricked into clicking the link in the fake email message and who have entered their usernames and passwords on the bogus U.S. Bank website that they were taken to are asked to change their U.S. Bank password and contact U.S. Bank bank immediately for help.
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