{"id":889,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=889"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"American-Express-'Primary-Cardmember-Message'-Phishing-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=889","title":{"rendered":"American Express &#8216;Primary Cardmember Message&#8217; Phishing Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to this email, which purports to be from credit card provider \u00a0American Express, errors were encountered during a recent security \u00a0analysis. \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The email, which has the subject line, &#8220;A concern that requires your action&#8221;, and is addressed to the &#8220;Primary Cardmember&#8221; claims that you need to confirm your account information by opening an attached file.<\/p>\n<p>However, the email is not from American Express. Instead, it is a phishing scam designed to steal your personal and financial information.<\/p>\n<p>If you open the attached file, a fake account update form will load in your browser. The bogus form includes the American Express logo and secondary links to create the illusion that it is genuine.<\/p>\n<p>The form asks you to supply account passwords, credit card details, name and contact details, and a host of other identifying information. \u00a0 After submitting the bogus form, you will be automatically redirected to the genuine AMEX website.<\/p>\n<p>But, alas, all of the information you supplied will be sent to online criminals and may be used to commit credit card fraud and identity theft.<\/p>\n<p>Note that no legitimate bank or credit provider is ever likely to send you an unsolicited email demanding that you submit sensitive personal information via an unsecure attached file.<\/p>\n<p>It is always safest to login to your online accounts by entering the address into your browser&#8217;s address bar or via a trusted app rather than by opening an attached file or clicking a link.<\/p>\n<p>Phishing scammers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/tag\/american-express\/\">repeatedly targetted American Express customers<\/a> in recent years. And, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/category\/scams\/phishing\/\">very similar scam emails<\/a> have targetted customers of many other banks and credit card providers all around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Be wary of any email or text message that claims that there is a problem with your bank or credit card account and you must click a link or open an attachment to deal with the problem.<\/p>\n<p>American Express has information about \u00a0<a title=\"Amex - Types of Fraud\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexpress.com\/us\/content\/fraud-protection-center\/types-of-fraud.html\">how to report such fraud attempts<\/a> \u00a0on its \u00a0website. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>An example of the scam email:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p>Primary Cardmember MessageFor your security:<\/p>\n<p>We are writing to let you know that there is a recent security report for your American Express(R) Account(s). At the time of report analysis, errors were encountered.In view of this, We mandate that you confirm your on-file records with us.<\/p>\n<p>YOU ARE TO<\/p>\n<p>A safe attached fillable Web form is sent with this message.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 See Attached Form, Download and Open to Continue.<br \/>\nThank you for your continued Cardmembership.<\/p>\n<p>American Express Customer Service Card<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/american-express-primary-cardmember-message-phishing-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/american-express-primary-cardmember-message-phishing-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this email, which purports to be from credit card provider \u00a0American Express, errors were encountered during a recent security \u00a0analysis. \u00a0 The email, which has the subject line, &#8220;A concern that requires your action&#8221;, and is addressed to the &#8220;Primary Cardmember&#8221; claims that you need to confirm your account information by opening an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}