There seems to be another rash of phishing e-mail scams making the rounds lately. These e-mail messages look very authentic and the links inside of them even look real. Check out the one below that I received today. It is claiming to be from Scotiabank and is asking me to log in to their online banking site in order to "update and verify" my information. If you had clicked on the link embedded in the message it took you to a VERY real looking website that you'd have to look very closely at to determine it wasn't really Scotiabank. It has the real Scotiabank logo and look-and-feel. The website has since been removed so somebody (probably Scotiabank) got to them.
Anyway, the point is that banks NEVER ask you to verify information in this way and they NEVER send out unsolicited e-mail to their customers. So, when you see this type of e-mail, delete it.
As always, please be vigilant for strange-looking e-mails. In this case, a little bit of paranoia is a good thing.
Here's the e-mail... it lost the formatting and logo when I copied and pasted it into the blog but you can still the idea and see how real and official-looking they can be.
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Dear Customer,
During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification
procedures, we have detected a slight error in your online profile.
Hence our online security team has suspended your online banking
service. As a security measure, your account needs to be updated.
Please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:
https://www.scotiaonline.scotiabank.com/online/start.jsp?update=
Sincerely,
Scotia Bank.
Online Customer Service
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