The email message below which claims the recipients' Chase account information appears to be missing or incorrect, is a phishing scam. The fake email message, which asks recipients to confirm their information is just one of the many phishing scams being sent by cyber-criminals to potential victims. Therefore, Chase customers who have received the same email message are asked not to follow the instructions or click on the links within it.
Sample of a Chase Account Update and Confirmation Phishing Scam
Subject: ACCOUNT UPDATING
Date: Fri 02/06/2017 06:56
From: Chase Online
Dear Customer,
Some information on your account appears to be missing or incorrect.
Please confirm your information promptly so that you can continue to enjoy all the benefits of your Chase account.
If you don't confirm your information, we will face a problem in the ratififcation of the real owner of the account and it will be suspended.
follow below insruction to confirm all your legal details
1 Click on the Button Below
2Log In Enter username and password
3 Verify Your Informations To Activate Your Account
Log In
E-mail Security Information
This email is intended for your account linked to this email.
If you're concerned about the authenticity of this message, please go to chase.com and search for "fraud information." You can also call the phone number on the back of your credit card if you'd like to learn more about email security or want to report a suspicious email.
If you're concerned about clicking links in this email, you can find the services mentioned above on chase.com after you've signed in.
Every month, thousands of these email messages are sent out by scammers to trick their potential victims into stealing their username, password, financial or personal information. Therefore, Chase 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.chase.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.
Chase customers who were tricked into clicking the link in the fake email message and who have entered their usernames and passwords on the bogus Chase website that they were taken to are asked to change their Chase password and contact Chase bank immediately for help.