"Capital One Your Card Statement is Ready" Phishing Scam
Capital One customers who have received email or SMS text messages claiming that their card statement is ready should delete them. This is because the messages, like the one below, are being sent by cyber criminals, to trick potential victims into clicking on the links in them, which go to phishing websites that steal online account credentials.
One of the "Capital One Your Card Statement is Ready" Phishing Scams
From: "Capital One" - capitalone@notification.capitalone.com
Date: August 26, 2017 at 4:14:53 AM EDT
Subject: Your card statement is ready
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Your Capital One® statement is ready.
About your account ending in 2474
KENNETH W TERRY,
Your statement is available. If you’re ready, you can make your payment now.
Statement balance: $0.00
Minimum payment: $0.00
Payment due date: September 21, 2017 by 8 p.m. ET
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Did you know? Paying more than the minimum amount due on your account each month can save you money in finance charges.
Capital One customers who have received messages claiming that they need to view their card statements should always go directly to https://www.capitalone.com/ and sign into their accounts. Once they have signed in, they will be able to view their statement from there. 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 cyber criminals.
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