The "Irregular Activity Spotted in your Bank of America" email message below is a phishing scam. The fake email message is being sent by cybercriminals, who are attempting to trick their potential victims into visiting a phishing website that will steal their Bank of America online accounts' username and passwords, personal and financial information. Therefore, recipients of the fraudulent email message should delete it and should not follow the instructions in it.
The "Irregular Activity Spotted in your Bank of America" Phishing Scam
From: Bof America - 300012 <host@a-green.co.jp>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 1:16 PM
Subject: e-Ticket No.33001203/2019/BANK/OF/AMERICA-Id490018
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Account Alerts
Irregular activity spotted in your Bank of America account on 17.02.2019.
We have detected a high debit from your account over the weekend which is abnormal. For your protection we strongly advice you to verify your account activity. Please sign in and follow the required steps.
SIGN IN-BANK OF AMERICA-NOW
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The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee.
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Bank of America (BoA) customers who have already been tricked by the phishing email message are asked to contact Bank of American immediately for help.