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An Email with the Subject "Security measure meant to protect you and your account." was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:25:16 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "service@mastercard.com"<service@mastercard.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.
Dear MasterCard Member,
For the User Agreement, Section 9, MasterCard may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your Credit Card and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. Our terms and conditions you agreed to state that your service must always be under your control or those you designate all times. We have noticed some unusual activity related to your service that indicates that other parties may have access and or control of your MasterCard Credit Card. We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your MasterCard Credit Card service from a foreign IP address
If you recently accessed your service while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you did not initiate the logins, please visit MaterCard homepage as soon as possible to restore your account status.
The log in attempt was made from - ISP host : domain-parking.martnet.com
To restore your Credit Card status please click here or click on the link below:
https://www.mastercard.com/us/personal/en/cardholderservices/securecode/index.html
Thank you for your prompt attention to this problem. Review Team apologize for any inconvenience. This is a security measure meant to protect you and your account.
Regards,
MasterCard Security Team.