An Email with the Subject "MERRILL LYNCH BC notification mail" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:12:52 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "Support service department" <onlinebanking@ml.com>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
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Thank you for choosing Merrill Lynch Business Center. Good afternoon dear clients, We are sorry to inform you that the number of cases of fraudulent use of our bank accounts has recently increased. That is why our bank changes the security system, which will provide our clients with maximum security of their accounts from the frauds. During this week we will e-mail you a special program, as well as the detailed instruction how to use it. With its help you will have an opportunity to make payments. No one will be able to transfer money from your account without this program. If you lose the program, you will have to pay $4,99 and we will send you the copy of it. To confirm the regist ration for this anti-fraud program visit this web-site and fill in the necessary forms:
MERRILL LYNCH BUSINESS CENTER LOGIN
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