I get about 2 or 3 per month - usually from banks I have never dealt with.
Today I got one from Washington Mutual. I have my mortgage there but it
referred to my nonexistent bank accounts with them. Ebay and Paypal are two
others that are popular with the "phishers".

While most of these companies would never email you for personal information, I
find it interesting that when I mouse over a link that says "www.citibank.com"
Netscape shows it directed to something like "180.22.130".

Dan

Harry Krause wrote:

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!

Don't be taken in by an email that reads like the following. It is a
scam, aimed at obtaining your credit card financial information:


Dear Amazon User,

During our regular update and verification of the accounts, we could not
verify your current information. Either your information has changed or
it is incomplete.

As a result, your access to buy on Amazon has been restricted. To
continue using your Amazon account again, please update and verify your
information by clicking the link below :




(I cut the URL for obvious reasons)

Thank you very much for your cooperation!

Amazon Customer Support

Please note: This e-mail message was sent from a notification-only
address that cannot accept incoming e-mail. Please do not reply to this
message.

Thanks again for shopping with us.

Amazon.com
Earth's Biggest Selection

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I've seen emails like this before (many of us have, I am sure), but this
is the first scam like this I've seen that incorporates Amazon. I sent a
copy to security@amazon and received the following:



Thank you for writing to us. No, the attached mail is not legitimate at
all--it is a phishing scam. Type
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/4060771
into your browser to find out more about what we are doing to combat
phishing.

Thank you,
Dominique Brezinski
Amazon.com Security