Thursday, October 23, 2008
Customers with Commerce Bank have been warned that they may be targeted by an email phishing scam which attempts to trick them into handing over sensitive account information.
According to Bizjournals.com, two phishing emails are circulating bearing the bank's name in an attempt to use the institution's legitimacy to glean information from customers which could be used to commit identity theft and fraud.
"Obviously, we are advising all of our customers not to respond to any of these e-mails," said Debbie Harding, a Commerce spokeswoman in Wichita.
Customers should be particularly wary of emails with the subject "Commerce Bank Security Alerts", Harding commented.
So too, users should not click on embedded links contained within the phishing email, he said.
Elsewhere, Las Vegas Now has warned people to be vigilant when checking their inboxes after one Wells Fargo Bank customer was nearly caught out by a phishing scam.
He told the website that alarm bells rang when the message asked for extraneous information such as his social security number.
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