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The message below is an example of a dangerous kind of “phishing” scam, designed to steal your bank account information. The “login here” link (deactivated in this copy) pointed to a website in Russia, where you can be sure there are scammers ready to try to empty your bank account.
If you ever get a suspicious message of this kind from your bank or credit card company, it’s always a good idea to call for confirmation before replying.
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016
From: “alerts@coastal24.org” coastal24@box167.rapidenet.ca
Subject: Action: Changes made in your Internet Banking ProfileCoastal Federal Credit Union
Dear customerThis is to inform that your profile data was changed by you or by someone logged in using your Coastal24 ID and password on 06.22.2016 from IP [deleted].
If you didn’t change your profile data please login here and complete the Coastal24 security measures:
Sincerely,
Coastal Federal Credit Union
Please do not reply to this e-mail, this is not a monitored e-mail address and we are unable to respond
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