MasterCard

The email claiming to be from MasterCard and instructing you to provide additional 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. If you give out any personal information, contact your financial institution 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 MasterCard Member,

For the User Agreement, Section 9, MasterCard may immediately issue a
 warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely 
suspend or terminate your Credit Card and refuse to provide our
 services to you if we believe that your actions 
may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us.
 Our terms and conditions you agreed to state 
that your service must always be under your control or those you
 designate all times. We have noticed some unusual 
activity related to your service that indicates that other parties may
 have access and or control of your MasterCard 
Credit Card. We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your
 MasterCard Credit Card service from a foreign IP address

If you recently accessed your service while traveling, the unusual log
 in attempts may have been initiated by you. 
However, if you did not initiate the logins, please visit The Farmers
 Bank homepage as soon as possible to restore 
your account status.

The log in attempt was made from - ISP host :
 c-64-154-34-134.hsfgd1.il.comcast.net


To restore your Credit Card status please click on the link below:



http://tamco-inc.co.jp/www.mastercard.com/us/personal/en/cardholderservices/securecode/update/enroll.htm



Thank you for your prompt attention to this problem. Review Team
 apologize for any inconvenience. This is a security 
measure meant to protect you and your account.

Regards,

MasterCard Security Team.

The information provided on this website is provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal advice.

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From:	"MasterCard Secure Code" <service@mastercard.com>
Subject:	Your MasterCard Credit Card Status = Declined !
Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:17:53 -0400