World Savings Online Account

The email claiming to be from World Savings and instructing you to confirm 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, credit card numbers, social security number and password. 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 World Savings (now part of Wachovia) 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:

Dear World Savings Customer,

   Due to recent fraudulent activities on some of World Savings online
   accounts we are launching a new security system to make
   World Savings online accounts more secure and safe. Before we can
   activate it we will be checking all World Savings online accounts to confirm
   the authenticity of the holder.

We will require a confirmation that your account has not been
stolen or hacked. Your account has not been suspended or frozen.

   To confirm your account status please Login

      -complete the required information to authenticate and reset your account

      -make sure your account balance has not been changed

      -make sure your details have not been changed

      -review recent transactions in your account history for any unauthorized
      transfer

   If you find any type of suspicious activities please contact us immediately.
   Please include in your message your account number, your account name
   and the unauthorized transfer date & time.

Please do not reply to this message. For any inquiries, contact Customer Service.

Other World Savings Online examples can be found on the following pages: None

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From:	"World Savings Account Information" <support@worldsavings.com>
To:
Subject:	Account Information
Date:	Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:58:30 -0500

World Savings

Phishing Scam E-mails