Posted on 9/4/2004, 8:08:15 PM by SandRat
FORT HUACHUCA - There's some "phishing" going on and unknown people are baiting Armed Forces Bank customers by trolling for suckers.
Phishing, a high-tech scam operation, seeks to have people provide private account information so that money can be illegally taken from accounts, said Becky Randolph, the Armed Forces Bank regional operations manager. Her area includes facilities in Arizona, California, Colorado and Nevada.
The scam is a wide-open attempt, she said, noting someone came into the bank on Fort Huachuca to ask why they received a request for information about their account with the bank when they do not do business with Armed Forces Bank.
Individuals are phishing, and if a person takes the bait, their reward could mean money is taken out of their accounts, she said.
There have been a number of complaints from Armed Forces Bank customers, primarily from members of the Air Force in Colorado, Randolph added.
If anyone receives a "pop-up" request stated it is from Armed Forces Bank, or any other financial institution, including credit card companies, people should not respond, she said.
"We don't communicate with our customers that way, never, ever," said Randolph of Armed Forces Bank.
GRrrrrrr!
Crooks are at it again!!!!!
I got an email day before yesterday asking for account information from aCivilian bank. I forwarded it to my local police department.
I get several of these a week. They are becoming as common as the Nigerian scam. They purportedly are from Ebay, PayPal, most banks and credit unions. The way you know it's a scam is the salutation "Dear customer" or Dear Member of the Credit Union", etc. If there was a problem, the financial institution would address it to you by name. Simply forward it to the institution named so they can investigate it. For Ebay and Paypal scams, simply forward them to spoof@ebay.com or spoof@paypal.com.
Oh how lovely to target the men and women who protect you.
You would be amazed. Before the Do not call list I used to get several a week claiming to represent the VA and wanted my VA information on my home loan to verify or offer me a refinance. Still get a fair number in the mail but they go to the Men In Black and JAG.
LOL. Nothing ventured, nothing gained....
Is it just a subtle way for the lisping techies to say pi$$ing?
the word is pronounced like what you do in a Bass boat when yer after Bass; at least what ya tell your significant other (like she doesn't get the idea when she sees 4 cases of beer and one tiny little tackle box hold'n the bait too.)
What they scam artist are doing is trying to see if someone is
a. stupid enough to fall for the con game
b. greedy enough to fall for the con game
c. all of the above
the correct answer is c. all of the above.
As to how it got the weird misspelling I have no idea.
Thanks for the ping!
It's got the "ph" because old-time phone hackers called what they did "phreaking".
There are a number of other "cool" words that are spelled "ph" rather than "f"... like "phat", that was a few years back but it meant "cool", I think,
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