Is this a fraud?

[spp]

I got an email from BOA telling me to update my online ID and stuff. The addr looks legit but once I clicked on it it goes to this address
http://www.successinall.com/online/bank...n/cgi-bin/sso.login.controller/bankof/

Does this look like a fraud?


"Dear valued Bank Of America member:

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the Bank Of America
account we have issued this warning message.

It has come to our attention that your Bank Of America account information needs to be
updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to
reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes
out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into
any future problems with the online service.

Once you have updated your account records your Bank Of America account
service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

To update your Bank Of America records click on the following link:
http://www.bankofamerica.com/index.cfm?page=signin_update

Thank You."

 

[JLGatsby]

Your bank will never send you emails. They will do physical letters.

 

[torpid]

Go to BOA directly and see. Most likely a phishing scam. Any time an email is sent that says "account info needs to be updated" or similar, it's most likely a phishing scam.

 

[SaturnX]

That screams fraud, if it doubt call your bank, or open a browser window and type in the BOA address yourself, and don't follow any links!

--Mark

 

[Heisenberg]

It's a scam.

 

[FoBoT]

spam + fraud

never click on links! if you get an email from BOA , then close your email and log into BOA , if you need to do something, they'll have a message alert or whatever


never click links in SPAMS

 

[spp]

Yea I wasn't thinking and signed in. It took me to another page that asked me to update all these information and that's when I got suspicious...

I went back to BOA site and changed my passcode already, but I'm still a little worried.

Guess I'll give BOA a call..

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Definately a scam, notify BOA


First clue - Banks will NEVER send an email asking for your account and password
Second clue - the webpage asking for your account/password is an http: not an https: as it should be

 

[purbeast0]

heh, the fact that people have to ask these questions on a tech forum makes me scared about the people who don't really know anything about computers and see those emails thinking they are real

 

[Maxspeed996]

Ha ha ha!!!
That's funny spp. But the funny thing is , they messed up and gave you the wrong contact information....so if you could just send your information over to me, I'll take care of EVERYTHING for you.

 

[TBone48]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
It's a scam.

 

[Toasthead]

banks never say deak bank customer

they say dear YOUR NAME


its a scam

 

[Juno]

ha it's a scam.

 

[Pepsi90919]

not obvious at all

 

[spp]

Called BOA and confirmed that it's a scam. Changed my ID and passcode.

Now I feel really stupid

 

[spp]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
not obvious at all

hmm firefox didn't do that for me.... do i need to enable some option??

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: spp

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
not obvious at all

hmm firefox didn't do that for me.... do i need to enable some option??

he was using IE