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Bank of America Phishing Email

Check out this new Bank of America Phishing Email. Beware of this one!

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Scam from supposedly UBS Holdings

Check this one out. Stay away from it if you get it in your email.

UBS International Holdings BV
Herengracht 600
NL-1017 CJ Amsterdam, Netherlands.
www.ubs.com/investmentbank

Greetings,

I am an investment consultant working with UBS International Holdings BV
in the Netherlands. I will be happy to work this transaction out with you
if you have a corporate or personal Bank Account and if you are reliable
and honest. I need strong Assurance that you will never let me down, as I
can arrange and provide you details/documentatal proof so that
funds($8.5million) will be transferred into your account as the next of
kin to the late depositor(Abbas Farhan al-Jabouri, who was an Election
candidate and also a business man).

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Phishing email from GoDaddy

I just received a phishing email from GoDaddy. This is a new one that I have seen and a first from supposedly ‘GoDaddy’.

Here is what it looks like.

-Message-


notification@paypal-us.intl.com <notification@paypal-us.intl.com> Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:59 AM

To: 67843

This email confirms that you have sent a payment for $12.05 USD to billing@godaddy.com.

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Suntrust Phishing Scam

Here is a Phishing email that my wife got from Suntrust bank. Its a beauty!

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Wells Fargo Bank: Phishing Email

Wells Fargo Service Center : Important Message Alert

*Please do not reply to this email as your reply will not be received*.

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Wells Fargo Online

Dear Valued Customer,

Due to the high number of fraud attempts and phishing scams, it has been decided to implement EV
SSL Certification on this Internet Banking website.

The use of EV SSL certification works with high security Web browsers to clearly identify whether
the site belongs to the company or is another site imitating that company’s site.

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Phishing Email from Ally Bank

Here is a phishing email from that has supposedly come from Ally Bank.

CustomerCare@ally.com to spatil2
show details 12:42 PM (39 minutes ago)
Warning: This message may not be from whom it claims to be. Beware of following any links in it or of providing the sender with any personal information. Learn more
Dear customer,

As part of the new security measures, all Ally Bank customers are required to complete Ally Bank Online Customer Form. Please complete the form as soon as possible.

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Wachovia Phishing Email

Beware of this Wachovia Phishing Email.

from Wells Fargo Online <secure-mail@wellsfargo.com>
reply-to no-reply@wellsfargo.com
to noreply@secure.wellsfargo.com
date Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 6:47 PM
subject Wells Fargo Service Center : Important Message Alert
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Follow up message
Warning: This message may not be from whom it claims to be. Beware of following any links in it or of providing the sender with any personal information.  Learn more

Dear Valued Customer,

Due to the high number of fraud attempts and phishing scams, it has been decided to implement EV
SSL Certification on this Internet Banking website.

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