Super Scary E-mail Scares Me Out!
By ichigo111
@ichigo111 (491)
Canada
January 7, 2007 9:06pm CST
Today I recieved an email that goes like this:
Dear PATRICK MCMURRAY,
Thank you for scheduling your recent credit card payment online. Your payment will post to your account on 01/10/2007.
Now that you're making your payment online, are you aware of all the convenient ways you can manage your account online?
Just log in to www.chase.com today. Using the "I'd like to..." links for your credit card account, you can access more than a dozen features, including links to:
See Statements - View your statement and choose to stop receiving paper statements.
Manage automatic payments - Set up monthly payments to be made automatically.
Transfer a balance - Transfer a balance to your credit card account.
Go to Free Alerts - Schedule alerts to be reminded of key account activity.
You can also view past payments you have made online by logging on to www.chase.com and clicking "See payment history" under "I'd like to ..." .
If you have any problems or questions, please call the Customer Service number on the back of your credit card.
Thanks again for using online payments.
Sincerely,
Cardmember Services
I am NOT this PATRICK MCMURRAY and I don't know him. Has he identity thefted me?
3 responses
@thundercat (505)
• United States
8 Jan 07
Check the links that are included in the email. I think that they might not be actual Chase websites and are fishing. If someone had stolen your identity they would be using your name and social and not your email address. Do you even have a chase account? I have gotten phishing emails faked as emails from Chase in the past and I don't have a Chase account. If you are worried simply order copies of your credit report from each of the three credit clearing houses. Depending on your state each is required by law to give you one free report a year.
@ichigo111 (491)
• Canada
8 Jan 07
I never even visited chase.com. I didn't even know the website existed before this. I live in Canada, so you know any credit clearing houses I could contact? Yes, I will contact my bank about this.
@thundercat (505)
• United States
8 Jan 07
Like I said, it doesn't matter if you don't have an account with Chase. People send out emails that are called phishing where they send and email asking you to log into your account and have a link but instead of the link connecting you to the bank it goes to a fake webpage and they steal your information. I've gotten similar emails before and I don't have a Chase account. What I was trying to say is that the email didn't actually come from chase. Check to see if the links actually go to chase.com, because if not then its a phishing email and not a real email.
@xXxTRICKxXx (368)
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8 Jan 07
dont sound to great. :( could just be that this person has given a wrong address to his provider. the thing that i would do asap is get in contact with your bank?
@xXxTRICKxXx (368)
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8 Jan 07
dont sound to great. :( could just be that this person has given a wrong address to his provider. the thing that i would do asap is get in contact with your bank?
