Beware of "American Express Your Card was not Present" Phishing Scam

Updated: May 17, 2018 2018-05-17T15:50:03 -
Posted: May 17, 2018 2018-05-17T15:46:38
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The "American Express Your Card was not Present" email below is a scam being sent by cybercriminals to potential victims, with an attached form or HTML Web page requesting personal and financial information. American Express will never send their users an email message with an attached form or HTML Web page requesting personal, financial or account information. Therefore, American Express users are asked to delete email messages with an attached form or HTML Web page requesting the same information.

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Also, they should not follow the instructions in the phishing email messages, and if they are in doubt or uncertain about an email message that they have received, they should contact American Express Customer Support for help verifying the email message authenticity.

The "American Express Your Card was not Present" Phishing Scam

Subject: Notice: Please Read.

Date: Tue 15/05/2018 21:27

From: "American Express"

See your transaction details

American Express logo

American Express Card

Your Card was not present

Dear Member,

You have an important document regarding your American Express Card.

View attached document to read.

You are required to immediately access your document in other to keep your American Express active.

Thanks.

American Express.

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Jun 4, 2018 at 3:39 PM by an anonymous user from Lakemba, New South Wales, Australia
Since trying to resolve this issue, the deduction has risen from $5.54 to $7.54. How do I get a reimbursement for the money that is being taken without my permission. This scam appeared while I was attempting to stream a movie via movioz.com...which is a common advert on YouTube. Please help
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- Jun 4, 2018 at 4:57 PM by info
  Contact your bank and dispute the charges.
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