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To: mr.mark who wrote (35765)	8/16/2003 9:07:53 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

mr mark, 'citibank' e-mail: these fake e-mails from financial or business institutions asking for personal data for 'account verification' are spreading. I got a few and notified the supposed sender [Yahoo was one] My attitude towards this is that the REAL institutions would probably not use e-mail for this. Besides, ask yourself 'does my account still work?'. I can check that any time by accessing recent transactions via the internet. I emphasize checking credit card and checking account transactions on-line every few days is a good security measure. Printed statements only come once a month. PS: someone recently cashed 3 checks they had printed with my account number on them. All else was different. Apparently the bank only looks at the account number before clearing a check [not at signature, printed name and address]. I discovered this by checking transactions on-line. The bank immediately closed my account and gave me a new one. There's no way to PREVENT this type of fraud if you write ANY checks. Gottfried

To: mr.mark who wrote (35765)	8/17/2003 1:26:05 AM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

here's the fraudulent citibank link.... "Click here to access our Terms & Conditions page and not allow your Citibank checking account suspension." 211.155.234.84@foo.com In a classic case of redirection scamming, however, the page the user is taken to after clicking the link does not reside on the real Citibank site; it's a phony page camouflaged to look like a real Citibank page and hosted on the web site of Nanhua Futures Trading Co. of Zhejiang, China. (Since the redirection URL is an IP address rather than a domain name, the ruse isn't obvious.) The faux Citibank page records the visitor's e-mail address and asks him to enter the first four digits of his Citibank® Banking Card number and his full name, then hides the ruse by bouncing him back to the real Citibank's terms and conditions page. excerpted from snopes.... snopes.com