Online e-mail Scams
June 28, 13 Orlando – (Florida)

Two new scams are creating lots of problems. The first scam says it comes from Bank of America, with official looking letterhead with links that connect you with actual Bank of America sites. There is an e-mail explaining why you received this e-mail though Bank of America, which says it does not send out unsolicited e-mails. It also has the privacy and secure message that assures your account information is safe. Again, there are copies from the real Bank of America site that are pasted in to look official. Neither Bank of America, nor other banks, ever asks for any personal information over the Internet. If you click on the reply link and fill in the blanks, your account information will be stolen. The latest scam says a person has money and wants to send it to you. This time the e-mail claims to come from a U.S. Army sergeant who has found $8 million of Saddam’s money in barrels outside Saddam’s old palace. His brother-in-law was killed by a roadside bomb, and a dying British medical doctor gave him the package of money. He has survived two suicide bomb attacks, shot, and wounded. He can get it home to the U.S. to split with you if you just contact him as soon as possible.

Source: 13 Central Florida