Citibank email scam ?

Ronne · 03-08-2005, 09:16 PM

Anyone get one of these emails?

Dear Citicard Member,

Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your
account. In accordance with our User Agreement and to ensure that your
account has not been compromised, access to your account was flagged.
Your account will remain flagged until this issue has been resolved.
This is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account
is not compromised.

We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible.
Should your account remain flagged for an extended period of time,
it may result in further limitations on the use of your account or
may result in eventual account closure.

Please click on the link below to complete the verification process
and restore full access to your account.

https://www.citibank.com/us/cards/?f...23&type=verify

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,
Citibank Customer Service
A member of Citigroup

P. O. Box 6500
Sioux Falls, SD 57117

Means nothing to me, since I don't have a Citibank account or card, but the domain name the link sends you to is http://81.215.116.179/citibank/index.htm, which reeks of fake. Curious if this is a wide-spread thing, since for this email to even get into my private email box that I never give to anyone but friends is rather annoying.

Edit: That link works when I click it from my inbox, sends me to a fairly authentic looking citibank form, quite a trixy hoax~

Ronne · 03-08-2005, 09:23 PM

This is the page it sends me to from my inbox

Haldin Darconis · 03-08-2005, 10:07 PM

Looks like a standard phishing scam.

Bottom line: Don't trust emails that sound anything like that one. If you are genuinely concerned, type the website address yourself and check out the site. Something this important would certainly be big news on the site, right? Just make sure you don't go there based off of a link from an email. Or, better yet, call the company and find out.

Duppin · 03-08-2005, 11:10 PM

Added a , onto the end of the URL to get to their 404 error page:

Sayfa bulunamıyor
Aradığınız sayfa kaldırılmış, adı değiştirilmiş ya da geçici olarak kullanım dışı olabilir.

Lütfen aşağıdakileri deneyin:

* Sayfa adresini Adres çubuğuna yazdıysanız, doğru yazıldığından emin olun.
* Lütfen 81.215.116.179 giriş sayfasını açın ve istediğiniz bilgilere ilişkin bağlantıları arayın.
* Başka bir bağlantıyı denemek için Geri düğmesini tıklatın.

HTTP 404 - Dosya bulunamadı
Internet Information Services

Teknik Bilgiler (destek personeli için)

* Daha fazla bilgi:
Microsoft Desteği

Does that answer your question?

Renolin · 03-09-2005, 12:57 PM

When it's financial emails, the general rule is to go to the website yourself, never click email links and enter in a password. Every financial institution that I've heard of won't send important information in emails, only by standard mail.

Renolin

EnigmaticParadigm · 03-09-2005, 03:13 PM

For that type of a secure page, shouldn't it be "https://" rather than "http://?"

There was a pretty big phish scam a few weeks ago with Yahoo DSL users. I replied to all of the emails with .gifs featuring the seizure robots.

I hope they all died.

revco_38 · 03-09-2005, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by EnigmaticParadigm
There was a pretty big phish scam a few weeks ago with Yahoo DSL users. I replied to all of the emails with .gifs featuring the seizure robots.

I hope they all died.

Gold.

Ronne · 03-10-2005, 09:09 AM

Okay wtf, I woke up this morning and now I have 73 of that same email. They trying to spam me into giving them money now or what? Wish I had thought to block the address~

Matt the Gimp · 03-10-2005, 11:58 PM

If it was a real bank they'd also have their phone number in the e-mail.

Bottom line: if a bank e-mail comes up that truly concerns you, call the number on the back of your debit card/credit card, etc.

03-08-2005, 09:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ronne Hurrah for happenstance. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Harvard IL Posts: 3,994 +2 Internets	Citibank email scam ? Anyone get one of these emails? Dear Citicard Member, Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with our User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your account was flagged. Your account will remain flagged until this issue has been resolved. This is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not compromised. We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible. Should your account remain flagged for an extended period of time, it may result in further limitations on the use of your account or may result in eventual account closure. Please click on the link below to complete the verification process and restore full access to your account. https://www.citibank.com/us/cards/?f...23&type=verify Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. We apologize for any inconvenience. Sincerely, Citibank Customer Service A member of Citigroup P. O. Box 6500 Sioux Falls, SD 57117 Means nothing to me, since I don't have a Citibank account or card, but the domain name the link sends you to is http://81.215.116.179/citibank/index.htm, which reeks of fake. Curious if this is a wide-spread thing, since for this email to even get into my private email box that I never give to anyone but friends is rather annoying. Edit: That link works when I click it from my inbox, sends me to a fairly authentic looking citibank form, quite a trixy hoax~ Last edited by Ronne : 03-08-2005 at 09:18 PM.

03-09-2005, 03:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
EnigmaticParadigm Is Kermit gunna have to make a bitch go "GLARRRRGH?!" Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Pre World War III America Posts: 2,480 +53 Internets	For that type of a secure page, shouldn't it be "https://" rather than "http://?" There was a pretty big phish scam a few weeks ago with Yahoo DSL users. I replied to all of the emails with .gifs featuring the seizure robots. I hope they all died. __________________

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03-08-2005, 09:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ronne Hurrah for happenstance. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Harvard IL Posts: 3,994 +2 Internets	This is the page it sends me to from my inbox

03-08-2005, 10:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
Haldin Darconis Me. Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 140 +0 Internets	Looks like a standard phishing scam. Bottom line: Don't trust emails that sound anything like that one. If you are genuinely concerned, type the website address yourself and check out the site. Something this important would certainly be big news on the site, right? Just make sure you don't go there based off of a link from an email. Or, better yet, call the company and find out.

03-08-2005, 11:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
Duppin Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 4,319 -17 Internets	Added a , onto the end of the URL to get to their 404 error page: Sayfa bulunamıyor Aradığınız sayfa kaldırılmış, adı değiştirilmiş ya da geçici olarak kullanım dışı olabilir. Lütfen aşağıdakileri deneyin: * Sayfa adresini Adres çubuğuna yazdıysanız, doğru yazıldığından emin olun. * Lütfen 81.215.116.179 giriş sayfasını açın ve istediğiniz bilgilere ilişkin bağlantıları arayın. * Başka bir bağlantıyı denemek için Geri düğmesini tıklatın. HTTP 404 - Dosya bulunamadı Internet Information Services Teknik Bilgiler (destek personeli için) * Daha fazla bilgi: Microsoft Desteği Does that answer your question?

03-09-2005, 12:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
Renolin Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 202 +0 Internets	When it's financial emails, the general rule is to go to the website yourself, never click email links and enter in a password. Every financial institution that I've heard of won't send important information in emails, only by standard mail. Renolin

03-10-2005, 09:09 AM	#8 (permalink)
Ronne Hurrah for happenstance. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Harvard IL Posts: 3,994 +2 Internets	Okay wtf, I woke up this morning and now I have 73 of that same email. They trying to spam me into giving them money now or what? Wish I had thought to block the address~

03-10-2005, 11:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
Matt the Gimp sylvos is going to have my butt babies Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,792 -2 Internets	If it was a real bank they'd also have their phone number in the e-mail. Bottom line: if a bank e-mail comes up that truly concerns you, call the number on the back of your debit card/credit card, etc.