Fraudulent Email From Citibank

[TCH-Don]

I received this e-mail tonight supposedly from citibank about my account,

I don't have one

<P><Font style="font-family:courier new,verdana,arial; font-size:12px"><BR>

Dear Citicard Member, <BR> <BR>

 

Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your <BR>

account. In accordance with our User Agreement and to ensure that your <BR>

account has not been compromised, access to your account was flagged.  <BR>

Your account will remain flagged until this issue has been resolved. <BR>

This is a fraud  prevention measure meant to ensure that your account <BR>

is not compromised. <BR> <BR>

 

We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible. <BR>

Should your account remain flagged for an extended period of time,  <BR>

it may result in further limitations on the use of your account or <BR>

may result in eventual account closure. <BR> <BR> <BR>

 

Please click on the link below to complete the verification process  <BR>

and restore full access to your account.  <BR> <BR>

 

<A HREF="http://81.215.211.91/citibank/index.htm">'>http://81.215.211.91/citibank/index.htm">

https://www.citibank.com/us/cards/?flag=1&sessID=23&type=verify</A>

 

<BR> <BR>

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.  <BR>

We apologize for any inconvenience. <BR> <BR>

 

Sincerely, <BR>

CitiBank Account Management <BR><BR>

Copyright © 2005, Citicorp <BR>

 

</FONT>

 

Note the link to citibank

it would display as

https://www.citibank.com/us/cards/?flag=1&s...=23&type=verify

but the real link is

http://81.215.211.91/citibank/index.htm

the IP is from turkey

 

always check the source

and don't believe this type of e-mail

credit card companys will not e-mail you and ask you to follow a link to login.

[Dark]

Yea I get these things all the time from Citibabk, to Something Mutual or whatever. You can tell they're fake if you just put your cursor over the link. I also get alot of scam e-mails about Paypal. I bid and buy from eBay quite frequently but I usually just e-mail all those suspicious Paypal messages to spoof@paypal.com for them to deal with.