Email Fraud: Information and Help
Last Updated on Thursday, 4/01/2004
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In the past few weeks, the U.S. Bank logo and name have been used without our consent in "phishing" schemes to acquire sensitive information from unsuspecting Web and email users. "Phishing" refers to an individual or group of individuals who create an imitation or copy of an existing legitimate Web page to trick users into providing sensitive personal information. We are working aggressively with law enforcement officials to resolve these incidents after they are brought to our attention.
U.S. Bank will never initiate a request for sensitive information from you via email (ie., Social Security Number, Personal ID, Password, PIN or account number). If you receive an email that requests this type of sensitive information, you should be suspicious of it. We strongly suggest that you do not share your Personal ID, Password, PIN or account number with anyone, under any circumstances.
Please know that neither your personal U.S. Bank account information nor our U.S. Bank systems have been compromised in any way. Cyber-criminals are "spamming" large numbers of recipients, without actual knowledge of their banking affiliation, with fraudulent emails like these. They request and collect email addresses and other confidential information like financial account numbers, IDs and passwords. The cyber-criminals have copied the logos and the content styles of widely known and respected financial institutions (including U.S. Bank) in an attempt to elicit a response from a recipient who may or may not be a customer of that financial institution.
IMPORTANT: If you're a U.S. Bank customer and have replied to such an email, please immediately call the U.S. Bank Fraud Liaison Center toll-free at 1-877-595-6256.
Posted by jthunter at April 2, 2004 05:06 PM |