The "American Express Government Guidelines to Prevent Money Laundering" 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.
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 Government Guidelines to Prevent Money Laundering" Scam
Ämne:Recent activities
Datum:Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:12:27 -0500
Från:American Express <americanexpress@ce-express.com>
Svar till:americanexpress@ce-express.com
Till:americanexpress@welcome.aexp.com
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Dear Cardmember,
To meet government guidelines that prevent money laundering and terrorist financing, financial institutions must maintain current information about their customers. Therefore, we are requesting that our customers update their profiles.
For this reason, new charges on your accounts may be declined, we advise you start your update right away.
ONE TIME ACTION
To start, An attached HTML Webpage Fillable Web Form is sent with this message.
- See Attached Form, Download and Open to Continue.
- This has been uniquely Prefilled for you.
- You’ll need to complete some steps to ensure the protection of your account.
- Finish steps by filling out the Form.
Your prompt response regarding this matter is appreciated.
Sincerely,
American Express Customer Service