Washington Mutual - WAMU Online Banking

The email claiming to be from Washington Mutual (WAMU) and offering you money to participate in a survey 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 Washington Mutual (WAMU) directly and explain the e-mail you received. If you give out any personal information, contact your 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:

CONGRATULATIONS!

You have been chosen by the WaMu Online Department to take part in our quick and easy 5 question survey.
In return we will credit $20 to your account - Just for your time!
Helping us better understand how our customers feel benefits everyone.
With the information collected we can decide to direct a number of changes to improve and expand our online service.
We kindly ask you to spare two minutes of your time in taking part with this unique offer!

SERVICE: Washington Mutual Online® $20 Reward Survey

Confirm Now your $20 Reward Survey with Washington Mutual Online® Reward services.

The information you provide us is all non-sensitive and anonymous No part of it is handed down to any third party groups.
It will be stored in our secure database for maximum of 3 days while we process the results of this nationwide survey.

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Washington Mutual Customer Service

Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.

Other Washington Mutual Bank examples can be found on the following pages: 1, 2

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From:	"WaMu Online" <Support@Wamu.com>
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Subject:	SERVICE: Washington Mutual Online® $20 Reward Survey
Date:	Thu, 04 May 2006 10:51:00 -0700