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An Email with the Subject "Capital One: Fraudsters gained control over your credit card." was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:13:29 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Capital One Bank"<security@capitalone.com>.
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Dear Customer!
Acording to international security requirements of Visa and MasterCard payment systems,we have to inform you about the following notice:
Eleventh of April 2007,security department of our bank marked an unauthorized access to our processing server centre,and intruders took control over all credit cards.
After close inspection,we learned that intruders would be able to change your credit cards data for their needs and use them in illegal operation.We have found a way to secure you against fraudulent actions.
You need to visit our site and input your authentic data,which will be verified whit existent information.If the data would not match we will contact you for re-issue of your card.Using these security measures,we will prevent fraudsters from getting access to your card.
To get started, please click the link below:
https://onlinebanking.capitalone.com/update/index.html
Security Departament of Processing Centre,Capital One Bank
Regards,
Capital One Bank Customer Support Center.