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Phishing Scam E-mails

The email claiming to be from Capital One and instructing you to update account information to restore account access appears to be a phishing scam. Phishing e-mails are e-mails from scam artists who use official looking webpages designed to trick you into believing they are from a corporate website that you have an account with. Once you are at the site, they will ask you to provide or verify personal information such as bank account information, credit card information, social security information and password information. If you get such an e-mail, you should delete it and do not provide any of the requested information. However, if you are not convinced that you have a fraudulent e-mail, please contact Capital One directly and explain the e-mail you received. If you give out any personal information, contact Capital One immediately and depending on what information you gave out, it may be wise to take measures to protect against identity theft (e.g. contact credit agencies, close accounts, cleanse computer). Many e-mail solicitations that appear to be phishing e-mails are set forth throughout this website and below:

Capital One

From:	"Capital One Bank Administration" <admin@capitalone.com>
Subject:	Capital One Online Alert: account is on hold
Date:	Wed, 14 Dec 2005 07:31:07 -0800

We recently reviewed your account and suspect that your Capital One may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party. Protecting the security of your account is our primary concern. Therefore, as a preventative measure, we have temporarily limited access to sensitive account features.

To restore your account access, we need you to confirm your identity, to do so we need you to follow the link below and proceed to confirm your information.

Click here to update your information

Thank you,

Capital One

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