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Colonial Bank

Phishing Scam E-mails

The email claiming to be from Colonial Bank and warning about phishing scams ironically appears to be a phishing scam itself.  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 Colonial Bank directly and explain the e-mail you received.  If you give out any personal information, contact Colonial Bank 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: 


Colonial Bank

From: "Colonial Bank" <user@colonialbank.st>  
Subject: Colonial Bank Important Information
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:28:45 -0800


Dear client of Colonial Bank,
Customers should be alert of on-going Internet Phishing scams targeting Internet Banking customers around the world.Colonial Bank asks all of its customers to login to their Internet Banking account by going to http://www.colonial-bank.us/s/ . To protect your personal information click the link bellow
To get started, please click the link below:
http://www.colonialbank.com
This instruction has been sent to all bank customers and is obligatory to fallow.
Thank you,
Customers Support Service.

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