martymas Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 hi team just saw on our news service a banking scam going round the world and it probably will only catch the greedyit is called plasma connections.the gentle man that got caught coughed up 33.000so if you see this name PLASMA CONNECTIONS arrive to your inbox delete itat the moment it is circulating the south pacific.tho theve uncovered one scam in canadadont give your password or you bank card number martyget none. got none .want none. have none.from me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WiredMonkey Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 Thanks for the alert Marty - not giving out your account #'s or passwords is always a good idea. I'm sure most of the folks that will be on the board here are savvy enough to know, but it can never hurt to reiterate such an important point! If a bank needs to contact you to get information, they will do it in person when you visit one of the branches, or through their site when you log on - never through email (or the phone, for that matter). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
olmec36 Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Here is another scam that is going around. This one has to do with Citibank, I reported it to Citibank so they can "try" to deal with it. Dear Citi-Card User,This e-mail was sennt by the Citibank-Online servers to veerify your emailadderss. You must cmotpele this pseorcs by clicking on the linkbelow and enttering in the little window your Citi-Bank ATMCard number and PiN that you use on local Atm machine.This is donne for your pecrtotion -C- because some of our members nolngoer have access to their email adsrseeds and we must verify it.To veerify your e-mail adress and access your CitibankOnline account, klick onthe link below. If ntohing hapnpes when you clic on the link -t copyeand pastte the link into the addres bar of your window.www.badlink here. more random string of letters---------------------------------------------Thank you for using Citbiank!---------------------------------------------This autotmaic email sent to: ***********Do not reply to this email.random letters hereThe thing that is evident, is the bad spelling, gives it away. Agree with WiredMonkey concerning account #,passwords and emails. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WiredMonkey Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 LOL...what a riot...thanks for sharing olmec36...you almost have to think the person that falls for THAT deserves to be a little lighter in the account balance. j/k of course...a fool and his money ARE soon parted though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Any time I get e mails with bad spelling in the subject line or strings of letters ther it goes straight into the trash even if there aren't any attachments. If they can't get the spelling right then it probably is a scam .JD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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