MidAmerica Bank Phishing Scam

The email claiming to be from MidAmerica Bank and notifying you that you must renew your account information to avoid account deactivation 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 MidAmerica Bank directly and explain the e-mail you received. If you give out any personal information, contact MidAmerica 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 email solicitations that appear to be phishing emails are set forth throughout this website and below:

Date:	Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:44:16 -0400
From:	"MidAmerica Bank" <aw-conf@midamerica.com>
To:
Subject:	Important Online Banking Alert

Dear MidAmerica Bank customer,

This is your official notification from MidAmerica Bank that the service(s) listed below
will be deactivated and deleted if not renewed immediately. Previous notifications have
been sent to the Billing Contact assigned to this account. As the Primary Contact, you
must renew the service(s) listed below or it will be deactivated and deleted.

Renew Now your MidAmerica Bank Bill Pay and Services.

If you are not enrolled at Web Banking, please enter your username,
and your account password and follow the steps.

SERVICE : MidAmerica Bank with Bill Pay.

Thank you, sincerely,

Customer Service

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IMPORTANT CUSTOMER SUPPORT INFORMATION
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Document Reference: (48051).

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