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Bank of America Scam
- 1-23-2010
- Categorized in: Phishing Scam
Updated 23 Jan 2010: This is the latest version of Bank of America phishing scam mail as reported:
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This has to be a scam. I don't have a BoA account. Someone who does should be wary.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bank of America
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 10:20 AM
Subject: Important Notice from Bank of America Billing Center
Dear Bank of America customer,
We recently have determined that different computers have logged onto your Online Banking account, and multiple password failures were present before the logons.
We now need you to re-confirm your account information to us.
If this is not completed by January 23, 2010, we will be forced to suspend your account indefinitely, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner.
To confirm your Online Banking records click on the following link:
https://online.bankofamerica.com/IdentityManagement/
Thank you for your patience in this matterm,
Bank of America Customer Service
--- Archived ---
A phishing email appears to be from "Bank of America". We did a "View Source" on the email and found the following link:
http://www.bankofamerica.com.onlinebankingid30344740.kaswert.info/session.cgi
This is a phishing site, which is in fact a subdomain of the domain kaswert.info, and not bankofamerica.com. Unsuspecting or careless victims may often read just the first part of the link after the http:// and failed to notice the end. In fact, it is important to determine the full domain name to be safe.
The full header of the email is attached. Note that the return path or the originator email address may "appear" to come from the valid domain name. But this is not the trick. The scammers does not care if you actually reply to the email directly (i.e. press the reply button on your email client). All they want is for you to click on the link to their phishing website. The "originator" email address is just faked to make it looks like it comes from the real website. By the looks of it, the mail probably came from a compromised server in Malaysia.
Return-path: <accsupport-546519ib@bankofamerica.com>
Delivery-date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:32:55 -0700
Received: from [210.5.198.149] (helo=210-5-198-149.reverse.newskies.net)
Received: from [111.225.20.80] (HELO malaysia.net)
From: "Bank of America" <accsupport-546519ib@bankofamerica.com>
X-Sender: services-778608110240609ib@bankofamerica.com
User-Agent: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.53/R1)
X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.53/R1)
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/related;
boundary="0R5INIL.WGUOQSTK"
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Please confirm your information! -Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:32:26 -0800

FROM THE DESK OF MR. DENIS F.BEAUREGARD,
FUND CREDIT OFFICER BANK OF AMERICA:
VERO BEACH FLORIDA BRANCH USA
BANK OF AMERICA: ATM CARD PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
ATTN: PLEASE,
I AM MR. DENIS F.BEAUREGARD, THE FUND CREDIT OFFICER BANK OF AMERICA, PLEASE READ THIS MAIL CAREFULLY AND PROCEED TO COLLECT YOUR ATM CARD WORTH OF $23,300,000.00 PAYMENT. FOLLOWING THIS YEAR'S (2012) REVIEW OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL MATTERS AND JUST CONCLUDED INVESTIGATIONS BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION, IT IS REVEALED THAT YOUR EMAIL IS AMONG THE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY OF THEIR PAYMENTS AMONG LOTTERY, INHERITANCE, COMPENSATION AND AWARDED CONTRACT FUNDS AND VICTIMS WHO HAVE LOST A LOT OF MONEY TO SCAMMERS WHILE TRYING TO CLAIM THEIR FUNDS. IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, A NEW PAYMENT OF US$23,300,000.00 HAS BEEN APPROVED IN YOUR FAVOR AND CREDITED INTO AN ATM CARD WHICH SHALL BE DELIVERED TO YOU.
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE RECEIVED A PAYMENT NOTIFICATION FROM THE PRESIDENCY AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FEDERAL REPBLIC OF NIGERIA, AND ALSO FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION EFCC THAT WE THE BANK OF AMERICA REACHED OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE SENATE TO USE THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACCOUNT TO SETTLE ALL OUT ALL OUR STANDING PAYMENT TO ALL OUR FOREIGN DEBTORS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF 23.3MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM THE PAYMENT PANEL COMMITEE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY, PLEASE GET BACK TO US WITH THE REQUIRED INFORMATION BELOW.
1) FULL NAME
2) ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT US TO SEND THE ATM CARD
3) PHONES
4) FAX NUMBER
5) YOUR AGE
6) CURRENT OCCUPATION
7) ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION
PLEASE DO PROVIDE THE ABOVE INFORMATION ACCURATELY, BECAUSE THIS OFFICE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY WRONG TRANSFER OF FUNDS. THANKS FOR BANKING WITH BANK OF AMERICA WHILE WE LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING YOU WITH THE BEST OF OUR SERVICE.
NOTE: THOUSANDS OF FRAUDSTERS HAVE BEEN USING THIS METHOD IN SCAMMING MOST FOREIGN CREDITORS, WHICH WE HAVE IN THE PAYMENT LIST HERE IN OUR OFFICE. WE USE THIS MEDIUM TO INFORM YOU THAT ANY MAIL THAT DO NOT COME WITH THE NEW COMMUNICATION CODE: (BOA/FBI/EFCC/NG) IS FALSE. IN THIS CASE, YOU?E ADVICE NOT TO RESPOND TO ANY MAIL THAT DOES NOT COME WITH THE ABOVE COMMUNICATION CODE FOR SAFETY PURPOSE.
OUR FINAL CONCLUSION WAS THAT, THE FUND SHOULD BE PAID TO YOU VIA AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE CARD (ATM) AS IT SEEMS, THIS WILL BE EASIER AND FASTER FOR YOU TO RECEIVE. YOUR NEW COMMUNICATION CODE:(BOA/FBI/EFCC/NG) YOU ARE ADVICE TO EMAIL ME BACK VIA MY PRIVATE MAILBOX AT:
LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING YOU BETTER.
THANKS AND GOD BLESS.
YOURS TRULY
PLEASE REPLY VIA EMAILinfo02@freenet.de
MR. DENIS F.BEAUREGARD,
FUND CREDIT OFFICER BANK OF AMERICA:
VERO BEACH FLORIDA BRANCH USA
i believe i am being scamed. i deposited a bank of america check into my account today$4850. a company (i can't find it on the computer) calling its self mega assurance from england says i won $100,00 they want me to western union them a portion back for fees.. anyone know of these guys ?
I had this mail in my aol spam box and rightly so after I had accessed but not logged into the BofA billpay site - I wonder if this had something do do with it or if I received the spam randomly and if I should log into the billpay site at all now? Any help is appreciated!
The mail in the spam folder:
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I got a very official looking letter from B of A back in January. It asked me to fill out a W-9 to verify account information. I wanted to report it because it looked like something that would fool a lot of people, but was unabke to find anyone at B of A who cared. The same scammers followed up a month or two later by phone, leaving me a message about "the letter you received." Today I got another letter, presumabl from the same scammer, saying my account had been closed, and to re-open it I needed to fill out a pile of forms, including another W-9. I really think B of A should go after these people. They prey on the innocent. Is there somewhere I can report this and have it be heard?
Please send the e-mail at abuse@bankofamerica.com promise they will investigate this for you.
I met this guy on a date sight who is a contracting construction worker and he travel,s with his job out of the U.S., he recently went to S,Africa and now went to Nigeria to meet with comittee for payment say,s he want me to open a account before his return so I can do a couple things for him and claim so much love!I don,t trust Nigeria anything!
I received a very official looking letter from Bank of America with logo and everything by snail mail. I don't have an account with them. They stated that I owed them over $8900 and when I called the number they wanted me to make one payment with another credit card or western union to get "back on track". The lady was very suspicious, did not speak English well and kept speaking to someone else while I was on the line. I hung up. They kept trying to redial my number. When I called the real Bank of America number to report, they seemed to care less. They said there are pretty much hundreds of scams. If you don't have an account with them, don't call! If you were late on a payment, they would be calling the cell phone number that YOU gave them! Crooks are using new scams everyday, when the old ones don't work, they find new ones.
My husband and I recieved the latest email from "Bank of America" asking us to verify our account information. Unfourtantely my husband verified the info and we had a $700 charge on our account. We contacted Bank of America and the money was replaced (thank God) and we was told to take the email and verification page to our local branch. We took it to the local branch and the branch manager said it looked legit and the charge came from the gas station because we had a charge for the same day!!! It's sad that the bank doesn't even know a fraudelent email!!!
I received a similar letter via snail mail. The letter was very poorly worded, and although it looked real, didn't have a phone number or website address to go to. They requested that I write my information that would confirm my identity and mail it to somewhere in Arizona. I called BofA and they had no record of any letter being sent to me and stated that they could not have issued a credit card in my name if they did not have enough information to verify my identity.
My wife and I have also recently received mail from Bank of America with logo and everything! We have no account with them. They stated we owed them money and gave us a 888 number to call!! When we called, they wanted our social security number....wwhat a scam!!
We also have received letters at home stating that we were behind in payments of $8,500 and have no account with Bank of America! The letter looks authentic with logo and all!
BANK OF AMERICA
From:
Bank Of America <bankof.america@mail.ru>
bankof.america@mail.ru
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BANK OF AMERICA
External Review Committee on Debt Statistics
And fund audit Balance Debt
IMF-World Bank Collaboration 2195 SW 8TH ST
MIAMI, FL 33135
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA.
OUR REFCODE:BSEL/773/AWN/021/08
ATTENTION:
good day to you and your family over there, I hope all is well with them in good faith.
The management of this bank have receive your mail and the content is well noted. we have good news to inform you in regard of the payment on your own benefit and quick to get your total fund transfer to your account without delays,
well we wish to let you know that the amount you needed to send to enable us wire transfer your fund is sum $265. 00 united state dollars to enable us proceed to imternational monetary fund benin to obtain the needed fund certificate before the said fund will hit your bank account.and you will send it to benin republic as the origination of the said fund.
Therefore.your advise to follow the instruction immediately and go to western union and send the requested fee immediately becuase the president of bank of america instructed us to let you know that we should inform you to come up with the remaining balance very urgent $265. 00 dollar only and your total fund US$1,500,000.00. ( One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ) will be directly been transfer to your account within 1hours as soon as you send the half of the fee $265. 00.
Now we are waiting for you to make the payment through western union money transfer with the name of Mr. Okafor Emmaueul.
Receiver____________Mr. Nwakwu Rapheal Oramili.
Country______________ Benin Republic.
City_____________ Cotonou
Text Question_________ Yes
Answer_____________ No
Amount_______________ $265. 00
Note that your fund will hit to your bank account immediately we receive the payment information because this is your last chance to get your fund without spending anymore money again.Therefore you advise to kindly send the fee immediately and get back to us with the Mtcn Number immediately you receive this message.
Thanks for your kind understanding
BEST REGARDS
DR.AINSWORTH SMITH
INTERNATIONAL MANAGER
BANK OF AMERICA
Received by snail-mail today, a very official letter from B of A telling me that government regs require them to have my missing TIN and SSN; included was a very official letterhead and return envelope to a PO Box in Arizona...total scam but so realistic looking. B of A seemed unconcerned when I notified them as did the police dept. and the FBI.
i got this one today and i dont have bank of america either....
FROM THE DESK OF:
MR.GREG BARNARD
DIRECTOR OF REMITTANCE DEPT
BANK OF AMERICA
1680 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
N.Y 10019, USA.
PAYMENT NOTIFICATION FROM BANK OF AMERICA.
PLEASE THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTICE FROM BANK OF AMERICA AND MUST BE TREATED AS URGENCY IT REQUIRED.
FROM THE RECORDS OF OUTSTANDING FOREIGN TRANSACTION DUE FOR PAYMENT WITH THE AFRICAN AUTHORITIES, YOUR NAME WAS DISCOVERED AS NEXT ON THE LIST OF THE OUTSTANDING TRANSACTION WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEIR PAYMENTS.
DURING OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE AND VERIFICATION PROCEDURES THIS YEAR 2010, WE HAVE DETECTED A SLIGHT ERROR IN YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION WITH THE AUTHORITIES. PLEASE VERIFY AND RECONFIRM TO THIS BANK YOUR CREDENTIALS IN ORDER TO AVOID REMITTING THE FUND TO A WRONG CHANNEL AS THE MISTAKE MIGHT BE DUE TO EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
1. A RECENT CHANGE IN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION (I.E. CHANGE OF ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER ETC ).
2. SUBMITTING INVALID INFORMATION DURING THE INITIAL TRANSACTION PROCESS.
3. AN INABILITY TO ACCURATELY VERIFY YOUR SELECTED OPTION OF PAYMENT DUE TO AN INTERNAL ERROR WITHIN OUR PROCESSORS.
THE PRESIDENT OF PARIS CLUB AND WORLD BANK HAS ORDERED OUR BANK TO CREDIT THE SUM OF US$2 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT. NOTE THAT THIS BANK HAVE COMMERCE THE PROCESS OF YOUR BILL OF PAYMENT AND EVERY NECESSARY STEP CONCERNING THE IMMEDIATE REMITTANCE SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT WITHIN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME ONCE WE RECEIVED YOUR CREDENTIALS TO AVOID REMITTING THE FUND TO A WRONG CHANNEL.
kINDLY VERIFY AND RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE THE BELLOW REQUIREMENTS TO PROMPT THE TRANSFER TO YOU.
1. YOUR FULL BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS:
2.YOUR DIRECT CELL,OFFICE TEL & FAX NUMBERS:
3.YOUR LOCATION ADDRESS:
4.YOUR FULL NAME:
5.YOUR FULL DETAILS OF YOU EQUITY LINE OF CREDIT: FOR PROCESSING OF YOUR FUND BILL OF PAYMENT:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION AS WE WAIT FOR YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE TOWARD THIS OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION TO ENABLING THE IMMEDIATE PROCESS TO RELEASE YOUR UNCLAIMED FUND WITH AFRICA.
THE MANAGEMENT ARE THEREFORE APOLOGIZED YOU FOR ANY FORM OF DELAY THIS MIGHT HAVE ENCOUNTERED YOU IN THE COURSE OF THE TRANSFER. WE ARE POISED TO SERVE YOU BETTER.
REGARDS.
MR.GREG BARNARD
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Final Notice : Re-Confirm Your Bank Information Now....
Monday, September 20, 2010 12:27 AM
From:
"Bank of America" <3453745484757@bankofamerica.com>
Add sender to Contacts
To:
undisclosed-recipients
Online Banking Alert
Security update
Dear Customer,
We have upgraded our system of Online Banking services to prevent fraud.
We are unable to review Your Information on 09/18/2010.Your security is important to us And You Need to Re-confirm all your information with us.
You would have to apply for the upgrade and re-confirm your information through our Website:
http://bankofamerica.com/index.cfm or your bank access will be suspended within 48hrs.
Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender
? 2010 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Ive accidentally open the link but nothing came up does that mean they have got my bank detail am very scared
received today, obviously a scam, since I don't have a Bank of America account, and none of the links in the email work anyway.
Here's the header (I blanked out my email address for posting purposes):
Return-path: <online.security.ealerts@bankofamerica.com>
Received: from smtp-ext-04.mx.pitdc1.expedient.net ([unknown] [206.210.69.144])
by vms172055.mailsrvcs.net
(Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009))
with ESMTP id <0L68006Q1FGIL6V7@vms172055.mailsrvcs.net> for
blanked out@verizon.net; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:57:55 -0500 (CDT)
Received: from User (unknown [8.9.209.2])
by smtp-ext-04.mx.pitdc1.expedient.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 496CCE48AF;
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:57:47 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:57:54 -0700
From: "Bank of America"<online.security.ealerts@bankofamerica.com>
Subject: "Unlock User ID"
X-Originating-IP: [206.210.69.144]
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Message-id: <20100727195747.496CCE48AF@smtp-ext-04.mx.pitdc1.expedient.net>
MIME-version: 1.0
X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-priority: Normal
Original-recipient: rfc822;blanked out@verizon.net
Dear Account Holder,
You've exceeded the maximum number of logon attempts allowed.
As a result, we've disabled your User ID and Password to protect your
confidential financial information.
Please click "Unlock User ID" to unlock your User ID and create a new
Password. (Error Code AA398).
Unlock User ID
Site Privacy| Security Centre|Terms of Use Accessibility and site help
Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. FSA registration number 106054.
THIS IS THE PHISING EMAIL THAT I JUST RECIEVED ON TODAY FRIDAY AUGUST 20, 2010. THIS THING IS SO BOLD IT'S RIDICULOUS! IT EVEN HAS THE NERVE TO BLATENLY REQUEST THAT PEOPLE FILL IN THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND ALL OF THEIR OTHER CREDIT CARD NUMBERS RIGHT INTO THE LITTLE BOXES THAT THEY HAVE ATTACHED ON HERE.....THIS IS A SHAME!
From: bankofamerica@securitydepartment.com
Subject: Important Account Review !
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:46:34 +0800
Dear Member,
Here at Bank Of America we always try to provide a safe and secure environment for the
online banking community so,from time to time we screen account activity.
Based on the review of your account a possible threat to its safe use has been detected.
We have sent you an attachment which contains all the necessary steps in order to verify your account.
Download,open it in your browser and fill in the information requested.
After we have gathered the necessary information and reviewed your account,
you will be able to continue using online banking without any restrictions.
Please do not ignore this email or your account might become temporarly locked for further analysis.
We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Cordially,
Bank Of America Security Department
PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL.
This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.
Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender
� 2010 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.
I got this email today
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Clear flag
*IMPORTANT* -Customer Service-
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:47 AM
From:
"<<BankofAmerica>>" <srv3@alrtboa.com>
Add sender to Contacts
To:
undisclosed-recipients
Message contains attachments
1 File (2KB)
You have 1 new attached file
Please download the attached file and open it in a web browser.
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Obviously I didn't download the file since I can't imagine why BoA would need me to do that.