The email message below which claims a debit card transaction was made to the recipients' account and has exceeded their set limit, is a phishing scam. The email message 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. The links go to a fake Chase Bank website designed to trick visitors into stealing their Chase usernames and passwords.
The "Chase Bank Your Debit Card Transaction" Chase Phishing Scam
Subject: Your Debit Card Transaction
Date: Mon 10/07/2017 22:19
From: "CHASE" debra.mclane@fwisd.org
This is an Alert to help manage your Chase account.
A $334.99 debit card transaction to WALMART.COM on 07/10/2017. 07:36:48 AM EDT exceeded your $125.00 set Alert limit.
If you did not make this transaction or you have any questions about this transaction,please click the link Below.ASAP to cancel and to update your account in 24 hours
www, chase, com/updateandprotection
To see all of the Alerts available to you, please log on to the link
To reply to this Alert, please send us a secure message from your inbox
NOTE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. It is intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager or the sender immediately, and do not disclose the contents of this email to anyone or make copies.
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.