Email Scams (ESCAM)

[Chrisau]

Posted by: GrayGhost60
In reply to: None Date:2/8/2008 8:27:15 AM
Post #of 104675

W A R N I N G !!!!!!

Last night I received an email from ETrade, informing me that my account may have been compromised. I do trade, but I use Scottrade.

Here is what it looks like:

Only problem is the link does not take you to ETrade, it's pointing to some other site. I don't want to see anyone get scammed by these A@$ hole. Sorry if that offends anyone but that's just how I feel about those people.

Remember it's always safer if you receive an email like the one below to look at the link that it's pointing to, or enter the address on the address bar manually.

Good luck to everyone and let's stay strong, we've got six more trading days to see the quarterly results. I, myself am keeping a positive outlook, I hope that I'm right since I've not seen any indication for all the negativity going on.



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Thu Feb 7 07:24:15 2008 Action Required: Validate Your Identity

Dear E*TRADE Account Holder,

Continuous Monitoring is an integral part of E*TRADE FINANCIAL's multiple layers of security, this acts as an early warning system to identify and prevent fraudulent activity. During our regularly screening we detected suspicious activity and your account may have been compromised.

Suspecting fraudulent activity made it necessary to limit sensitive account features until additional security measures can be completed. Conform to our security requirements and in order to continue using our online services, we must validate the account holder's identity. You must click on the link below to proceed.




Click here or on the link below to validate your identity


https://us.etrade.com/e/t/user/login

E*TRADE Securities LLC
P.O. Box 1542
Merrifield, VA 22116-1542



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