Fraud warning from the Oshkosh Police Department
WARNING!
I want to make everyone aware of a fraudulent e mail going around regarding the Bank of America credit card. The headline indicated: “Bank of America Alert: Online Access Suspension Message®” I made a copy of the following e mails that I received on my home computer. These fake e mails look just like the real ones that the Bank of America sends out. The first photo is of the original e mail sent out. Unfortunately if you would click on the original e mail “click here” it will take you to the second e-mail photo and they ask for your state & online ID (credit card number).
I have attached copies here so you can not actually do any of the above. I thought it was suspicious and called the card service and they have received other calls about this and it was confirmed to be a fraudulent phishing e mail scam. Also make sure that if you call the credit card company to check on this, use the phone number on your credit card, NOT the one listed in the fake e mail. This is most likely a fake number also.
If you notice the website address in the second e mail copy it begins with “http”. If it is a secure website it will have an “s” after it, such as “https” and also a lock will be displayed in the lower right corner to make sure that confidential information remains that way. Neither of these was on that second e mail.
Just remember if you receive an unsolicited e mail asking for personal identification or confidential numbers make sure to check into it before sending anything out. This goes for phone calls also!
David Gomoll
Patrol Sergeant, Oshkosh Police Department
Team 5 Patrol Supervisor
Office 920-236-5740, Cell 920-379-3539
dgomoll@ci.oshkosh.wi.us
www.oshkoshpd.com
I want to make everyone aware of a fraudulent e mail going around regarding the Bank of America credit card. The headline indicated: “Bank of America Alert: Online Access Suspension Message®” I made a copy of the following e mails that I received on my home computer. These fake e mails look just like the real ones that the Bank of America sends out. The first photo is of the original e mail sent out. Unfortunately if you would click on the original e mail “click here” it will take you to the second e-mail photo and they ask for your state & online ID (credit card number).
I have attached copies here so you can not actually do any of the above. I thought it was suspicious and called the card service and they have received other calls about this and it was confirmed to be a fraudulent phishing e mail scam. Also make sure that if you call the credit card company to check on this, use the phone number on your credit card, NOT the one listed in the fake e mail. This is most likely a fake number also.
If you notice the website address in the second e mail copy it begins with “http”. If it is a secure website it will have an “s” after it, such as “https” and also a lock will be displayed in the lower right corner to make sure that confidential information remains that way. Neither of these was on that second e mail.
Just remember if you receive an unsolicited e mail asking for personal identification or confidential numbers make sure to check into it before sending anything out. This goes for phone calls also!
David Gomoll
Patrol Sergeant, Oshkosh Police Department
Team 5 Patrol Supervisor
Office 920-236-5740, Cell 920-379-3539
dgomoll@ci.oshkosh.wi.us
www.oshkoshpd.com
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