PHISHING- Be Careful of Email Supposedly from Chase

An email purporting to be from Chase Bank, the Online Department claims that your account has had suspicious activity and that Chase has opened an investigation. It wants you to click on a link and verify your information. If you do not respond within 48 hours it threatens to close your online account.

This is a typical ploy by an ID thief to get your personal information such as your Social Security Number and bank account number. Never click on links or respond to unsolicited emails asking or demanding your personal information. Legitimate major banks, financial institutions, or businesses do not solicit your personal information over the internet. If you receive a phishing email, do not click any links that it provides. To report it call the institution or go to its website, using the phone number or web address on your statement, or institution ATM/bankcard, or Google its website.

Below is the text of the phishing email:

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Chase Bank Online® Department Notice

You have received this email because you or someone had used your account from different locations.
For security purpose, we are required to open an investigation into this matter.

In order to safeguard your account, we require that you confirm your banking details.
To help speed up this process, please access the following link so we can complete the verification of
your Chase Online® Banking Account registration information :
To get started, please click the link below:
(link provided by email authors)


Please Note:
If we do no receive the appropriate account verification within 48 hours, then we will assume this Chase Bank account is fraudulent and will be suspended. The purpose of this verification is to ensure that your bank account has not been fraudulently used and to combat the fraud from our community.

Regards,
Chase Bank - Chase Online® Banking Department
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Note: The email claims to be protecting you while it steals your personal information.


This link is from Chase with its guidance regarding phishing:

https://www.chase.com/ccp/index.jsp?pg_name=ccpmapp/privacy_security/fraud/page/phishing