"Chase Debit / ATM Transaction Verification" Phishing Scam

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Updated: Mar. 17, 2018 2018-03-17T16:52:09
Posted: Mar. 17, 2018 2018-03-17T16:48:45
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The email below which claims the recipients to need to confirm a Chase debit or ATM transaction is a phishing scam. The fake message was not sent by Chase, but by cyber-criminals. Therefore, recipients of the same text message are asked not to follow the instructions or click on the links within it. The links go to a fake JPMorgan Chase Bank website designed to trick visitors into stealing their Chase usernames and passwords. This is why it is recommended that online users never click on a link in an email message to sign into their online accounts. They should instead, go directly to their online account providers' websites and sign into their accounts from there.

The "Chase Debit / ATM Transaction Verification" Phishing Scam

From: Chase Online <P.Felten@t-online.de>

To: Recipients <smrfs@emailonline.chase.com>

Sent: Wed, Mar 14, 2018 11:35 am

Subject: Important: Debit / ATM / Verification

Dear Valued Customer:

We need to confirm that you or someone used your information following transaction on your Chase account. To see all of the transactions.

kindly log-on here chasebankonline.com for verification of the transactions on your account.

Chase Account Protection

2018 JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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, online users 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 or there is something that they need to do, they will be notified after signing in.

Online users 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.