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Nationwide Bank

Phishing Scam E-mails

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

Nationwide Bank

To:	info@svbizlaw.com
Subject:	Account Ownership® Verification
From:	"Nationwide Bank" <customerservice@nationwide.co.uk>
Date:	Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:33:00 -0500

Dear Customer,

Nationwide Internet Banking, is here by announcing the New Security Upgrade.
We've upgraded our new SSL servers to serve our customers for
a better and secure banking service, against any fraudulent activities. Due to
this recent upgrade, you are requested to update your account information by
following the reference below.