ADMIN Scam Email: VISA Bank Account is fraudulent and it will be suspended from security@VISA.com [date added: 2016-07-20 20:17:01]

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Subject: VISA Bank Account is fraudulent and it will be suspended

From: "security@VISA.com" <security@VISA.com>

Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 05:26:07 -0700

Date Added: 2016-07-20 20:17:01

This Email with the Subject "VISA Bank Account is fraudulent and it will be suspended" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 18 May 2006 05:26:07 -0700 and has been classified a s a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "security@VISA.com" <security@VISA.com>.< /p>

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 purpos es.

Dear VISA Credit Card Owner ,

VISA is devoted to keeping a safe environment for its community of consumers and producers. To guarantee the safety of your account, VISA deploys some of the most advanced security measures in the world and our anti-fraud units regularly screen the VISA database for suspicious activity.

We recently have discovered that multiple computers have attempted to log into your VISA. Online Banking account, and multiple password failures were presented before the logons. We now require you to re-validate your account information to us. If this is not completed by May 20, 2006, 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.

In order to confirm your Online Bank records, we may require some specific information from you.

Please Click Here or on the link below to verify your account

http://www.visa.com/secure_update/update

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporary suspend your account.

VISA Security Team

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Dear VISA Credit Card Owner , 

VISA is devoted to keeping a safe environment for its community of consumers and 
producers. To guarantee the safety of your account, VISA deploys some of the 
most advanced security measures in the world and our anti-fraud units regularly 
screen the VISA database for suspicious 
activity. 

We recently have discovered that multiple computers have attempted to log into 
your VISA. Online Banking account, and multiple password failures 
were presented before the logons. We now require you to re-validate your account 
information to us. If this is not completed by May 20, 2006, 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. 

In order to confirm your Online Bank records, we may require some specific 
information from you. 

Please Click Here 
or on the link below to verify your account 

http://www.visa.com/secure_update/update

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this 
is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. 

We apologize for any inconvenience. 

If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporary 
suspend your account. 

VISA Security Team

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