So i forward a spoof email from Chase to abuse@chase.com

[Acanthus]

The email looked genuine, however. In my forwarded message, i sent.

This spam email was received in my yahoo account. It looks
genuine but contains virus attachments blocked by Yahoo
mail. I do not have any accounts with Chase.

A few hours later, spoof@chase.com replies to me with... *drumroll*

Dear Acanthus,

Thank you for forwarding your recent e-mail to our Abuse
mailbox. We have reviewed the message and it is a valid
notification from us regarding : New Message from Online
Banking:. If you have any questions or concerns about
these agreements please contact us at 1-877-CHASEPC.
Thanks for choosing Chase.

Sincerely,

Abhishek Ahluwalia
Customer Service Specialist

I feel sorry for anyone willing to bank with these idiots.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

lol, great opportunism. The real Chase never sent a reply back?

I think I knew an Abhishek in elementary school, btw. Or maybe it was one of my sibling's friends.

 

[Acanthus]

lol, great opportunism. The real Chase never sent a reply back?

I think I knew an Abhishek in elementary school, btw. Or maybe it was one of my sibling's friends.

That was the actual Chase reply.

Abuse@Chase.com is their official channel for suspicious emails.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

How are you sure it wasn't the spoofer again? By your own admission you aren't a member (which the reply email contradicts). In my mind I had imagined a scenario in which a scammer sends you an email, your forward it to Chase, Chase tries to scare the scammers by threatening them in some way, and with the scammers being experienced, they send out an email assuring the legitimacy of the whole ordeal, which would be even better if the real Chase didn't send you their own follow-up.

 

[klinc]

Haha the name they give with them totally give it away. Can't these fuckers be creative and use a common name that sounds a bit trustworthy? Only people who get caught by it is the Australians

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

If something infected your PC your mail may have been redirected to the spammer.

 

[Acanthus]

If something infected your PC your mail may have been redirected to the spammer.

It is webmail. The attachment was never downloaded, it was intercepted at the server.

 

[Acanthus]

How are you sure it wasn't the spoofer again? By your own admission you aren't a member (which the reply email contradicts). In my mind I had imagined a scenario in which a scammer sends you an email, your forward it to Chase, Chase tries to scare the scammers by threatening them in some way, and with the scammers being experienced, they send out an email assuring the legitimacy of the whole ordeal, which would be even better if the real Chase didn't send you their own follow-up.

It could be the spoofer if Chase contacted them. I find that highly unlikely though as Chase said they would follow up.

I think it is incompetence.

 

[amdhunter]

lol. If I were an HR person at Chase, I would never hire someone with that name as a security person. It's unfortunate, but man that makes it look spammy.

 

[SP33Demon]

It's Chase, what do you expect? They aren't as bad as Capital One but getting there.

 

[Stifko]

It's Chase, what do you expect?

I would rather bank with Chase than BofA.

 

[Printer Bandit]

Someone got a hold of my Chase CC # the other day and charged ~$600 of travel and ~$100 of Boost pre-paid. Luckily they noticed it as fraudulent and called me immediately to cancel and re-issue the card.