DON'T FALL for the citibank email
 

I know you seasoned veterans won't but I thought it would be a good idea to make a note of it in case someone was still drunk last night and wasn't paying close attention.

Here is how the email reads:

Dear Citibank Users:

Due to database operations some online banking accounts can be lost. We are insiting on our clients to check their account if they are active or if their current balance is right.

Please follow this link and sign onto your online banking account.

{https://web.da-us.citibank.com/ signin/ citifi/ scripts/ login2 /user_setup.jsp} (this is what it shows and this is the actual link):
{https://web.da-us.citibank.com| signin |citifi |scripts |@65.41.209.18:4903/c/index.htm}

I put extra spaces in it to show the full url...

Thank you for using citibank
Please do not reply back to this email.

Now, you know good and well they are hundrends if not thousands of people that will actually follow the link and then submit their info. More than likely the elderly will be the first to do it. :(

I would like to
:ak47: the ones behind this and others that do similiar scams.

They make our jobs so much harder :feels-hot

I didn't

Repot the scam to Citibank:2 cents:

It would be more effective then reporting it here:winkwink:

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I got it, now I have lost my 12 gazillion dollah!

whoever follows such links deserves to be fucked now that those scams are public, on tv, simply everywhere

Thanks Kenny,

It had already been reported:

Learn About or Report Fraudulent E-mails

Recently our customers have reported receiving fraudulent e-mails that appear to be from Citibank but which are, in fact, sent by imposters. How can you tell the difference? Fraudulent e-mails typically include attachments, request personal information, or both.

When such e-mails are sent in our name, Citibank works aggressively with law enforcement agencies to investigate them. Below is a list of several e-mails currently under investigation. If you've received any of them, please notify us by selecting the link of the e-mail you received. If you suspect you've gotten a fraudulent e-mail that's not on this list, please report it now.

? Date: 02/17/04 Subject: Important information regarding your Citibank account (report it)


The sad thing is some people don't have enough sense to savvy to check the actual homepage or to use their bookmark.

I keep getting those all the time too, the first time I almost believed it but I called the bank because I was suprised by them asking such stuff over email.

Yea.. because people that are ignorant to the scam deserve to have their bank accounts hijacked..

People who use the money in those accounts to do things like.. feed their children

No use arguing with computer nerds.

I agree with you Kenny, they are some innocent people out there that do not watch TV all day, or get their news from gfy, etc.

Like Toni said, "almost fell for it" but she had enough sense to call. For everyone that does have enough sense to call, I bet they are another one or two that will just follow the link because they see the citibank logo.

Thanks Kenny,

It had already been reported:

Learn About or Report Fraudulent E-mails

Recently our customers have reported receiving fraudulent e-mails that appear to be from Citibank but which are, in fact, sent by imposters. How can you tell the difference? Fraudulent e-mails typically include attachments, request personal information, or both.

When such e-mails are sent in our name, Citibank works aggressively with law enforcement agencies to investigate them. Below is a list of several e-mails currently under investigation. If you've received any of them, please notify us by selecting the link of the e-mail you received. If you suspect you've gotten a fraudulent e-mail that's not on this list, please report it now.

? Date: 02/17/04 Subject: Important information regarding your Citibank account (report it)


The sad thing is some people don't have enough sense to savvy to check the actual homepage or to use their bookmark.

Ive seen the Chase and HSBC versions of that email as well. Its the latest "fad" amongst scammers.

If you did fall for it even after reading this thread, here is the number to call.

Report E-mail Abuse

Thank you for reporting this incident.

If you've replied to a suspicious e-mail?and provided personal or sensitive information about your account?please call 1-800-374-9700 immediately.

Thanx for head's up:thumbsup

Do you work for Citibank ?

Some people have to learn the hard way. It took me a while to convince my mom that most unsolicited e-mail and half the webpages out there are scams or at least misleading.

Some get what they deserve. Another person who I had told about spybot and adaware several times (and even wrote down the URLS) had me recently "fix" their freezing PC, of course which only took the installation of spybot and adaware to remove every spyware known to man they had running on their PC. I had explained to them numerous times in the over a year they've had their PC and asking me questions to not click attatchments or to agree to install every little box that pops up. Will the several thousand dollar phone bill they just had to contest because of a dialer get my point through to them? Probably not. If they just insist on giving their money away what difference does it matter if it's an "update your info" scam, dialer or belief that you are about to get a big check from Nigeria...:1orglaugh

HAHAHAHA!!!! City bank has screwed everyone I know that has had credit with them, and now people are getting it twice! Too fucking funny. Maybe I should say that thier customer service has really been horrible and then, of course, they started coming out with all those "we really care" commercials to try and curb the effects. Just my and all my friends personal experience.


Sorry I posted that, it just struck me so damn funny.

Who the fuck will fall into scam? :2 cents:

What about the emails from Paypal and eBay? I update my user info with them all the time. You think with all the money they make, their databases wouldn't be corrupted so often.

if your bank holds you liable for fraud, i'd suggest changing banks :2 cents:

sorry, im not getting any Spams no more :)

I got a few of those spam scam emails but it was a week or 2 ago.

It's still a pain in the ass to get that shit sorted out. And that doesnt change the fucking fact that those people dont deserve to be scammed:winkwink:

Geez how many times are people warned about not giving your password info

Well honestly i got that email about 2 days ago and i laughed my ass off,

Why?

I don't HAVE an account with them.

I'm wondering how many ppl (old ppl, stupid ppl etc) got that like me and STILL clicked the link

lol


Sorry i just find some twisted humour in this thing.


-Loki-

Where I come from, you suffer for your own mistakes. If you're an asshat, it's no one's fault but you're own.

I work for a credit card company. You would not believe the amount of asshats that call me daily saying something along the lines of "Someone just called me saying I won a free trip, so I gave them my credit card number. After I got off the phone, I thought it sounded fishy. Can you cancel my card?" or "I just purchased something off of xxxxxxxx.com. Do you know if these guys are legit?"

So if you got your car stero jacked while you where in 7-11 you deserved it because you didnt lock your door?

honestly, in my opinion, yes. if it happened to me, i'd feel like an idiot.

if you don't take obvious, simple precautions to prevent something from happening to yourself, you deserve whatever fate lies for you.

if you decide to go double the speed limit without buckling your seatbelt and you lose control of your car, get into an accident and become a quadriplegic, whose fault is it?

Just because people are ignorant towards these scams doesnt consitute them deserving it.

That is almost like trying to say:

"She dressed to sexy, she deserved to be raped"

"That guy bought a expensive watch and he is small in size, he deserved to mugged"

"That kid was clumsy, he deserved to fall down the stairs and break his neck"

"That guy was a idiot, he deserved to have his bank account hijacked"


There is only one thing I am sure of. That the people who prey on ignorant people with these scams deserve to be locked up.

:1orglaugh
Maybe they're owned by those Nigerians who are always giving their money away?

True, but ignorance will cost you in RL too. Rattle off your info to someone on the phone and you can be just as screwed. The person I spoke of above I had warned about all the things they hard-headedly experienced. If they didn't listen to me this time and it happens to them again, I'd say they deserve it...:2 cents:

Nigerians are so friendly, but I am still waiting for my 15 gazillion dollah

Reading this was a waste of 1 minute of my life.


Let me sum it up... It's the ingorant fucks fault.

Just like it's the ingorant fucks fault he didn't click for that cross join... oh wait -- he just failed to 'unclick it'.


This industry is a JOKE.

Yes, I do, now if I can have your account number and password I will get this straightened out for you right away. :Graucho