Have you ever been the victim of "phishing"? This is emails that spoofs banks or another company, and they send you a link to a "lookalike" company form so you can send your banking accounts, etc. These emails usually have a threat included like closing your account if you don't enter the information immediately (or the like).
Well, today I just found a Citibank email in my email box, telling me to send my banking account info in or they will close my account. They even made the email look like it is really from Citibank, even the subject heading looked real.
Want to know how I know it's fake? First of all, most companies do NOT ask for your personal information by email, so I know it is risky sending it through the Internet. I do not feel comfortable sending my personal accounts in a link to a fake form that is supposed to be from that company.
Second of all, I NEVER USED CITIBANK!
That was a red flag to me that they are trying to scam me when I never had an account there. LOL They are wasting their time with me.
So to report this, I looked up the real Citibank website and found the email addresses to report spoof emails like the one I just had.....so I forwarded it to both email addresses, and then just deleted the email.
Did any of you been through this? What did you do about them?
Well, today I just found a Citibank email in my email box, telling me to send my banking account info in or they will close my account. They even made the email look like it is really from Citibank, even the subject heading looked real.
Want to know how I know it's fake? First of all, most companies do NOT ask for your personal information by email, so I know it is risky sending it through the Internet. I do not feel comfortable sending my personal accounts in a link to a fake form that is supposed to be from that company.
Second of all, I NEVER USED CITIBANK!
That was a red flag to me that they are trying to scam me when I never had an account there. LOL They are wasting their time with me.So to report this, I looked up the real Citibank website and found the email addresses to report spoof emails like the one I just had.....so I forwarded it to both email addresses, and then just deleted the email.
Did any of you been through this?
What did you do about them? 
