Latest phony financial e-mails from phishers
In the last couple of days, bogus e-mails invoking the names of various financial institutions have been circulating in an effort to extract personal financial information from customers.
The messages aren’t necessarily specifically targeted at customers of the financial organizations, but are meant to saturate the Web with bogus messages in hopes that some legitimate customers will respond with their personal data.
In all cases, the financial firms do not gather such personal data through e-mail.
If you receive messages from the following financial institutions with the following subject headings, just delete them:
Comerica — “Your account need attention.”
Bank of America — “Restore your account has been blocked.”
RBS — “Reactivate your Digital Banking.”
PayPal — “Security Notice — We have limited access to your PayPal account.”