Desjardins Bank

The email claiming to be from Desjardins Bank and instructing you to verify your account information 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 Desjardins Bank directly and explain the e-mail you received. If you give out any personal information, contact Desjardins 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:

Dear Desjardins member,

If you are receiving this message is that u have one or more accounts
with our institution and we often verify the integrity of our online
members. This is done since we have many complaints of members that
cannot access their accounts, and that since Friday 10 march 2006.

You must complete this process in order to verify your account. This can be done
by clicking on the link below and following the easy steps. In case that you cannot access
your account, or you receive a message that your account is temporarily unavailable,
please contact your Desjardins institution in order to fix the problem.

We are sorry for this inconvenience, we are doing all the possible to resolve the problem
as soon as possible.

Click this link to verify your account:

http://www.desjardins.com/en/accueil.jsp

Thank you for your comprehension,

Lana Simard,

Administrative department

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Desjardins.com Online Solutions.
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Date:	Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:32:09 -0800
To:
Subject:	Update and verify your information
From:	"Desjardins" <info@desjardins.com>