Suspicious Email Messages From Banks?
Vinh Nguyen
Posted on September 29th, 2011
Today I receive an email from a bank that I currently have an association with. What association? I’m their customer, of course. Anyhow, the email looks so suspicious! First of all, only my first name is being addressed in the email. Second of all, the bank relies on third party email address and domain name, and to catch this I’ve to hover my mouse over the link which labels with the name and services of my bank. A quick research online has confirmed me that the third party is a legit party which was hacked by hackers around April. I assume this is a spear phishing scheme. I rather not click on any link in the email so I can be safe than sorry.…