Check the address of the email sender - you may find they are not who they say they are.

Crime 100By Pepper Parr

December 8, 2014

BURLINGTON, ON.
Your password has been entered incorrectly three times.

The message was concerning. Was the bank telling me that someone tried to get into my account electronically? It looked that way.

A message regarding “Password Disabled” has been sent to your account inbox

Secure. Click here To Enter Scotia on Line to avoid Access lock.

The moment you click on that link – you may as well have given them your wallet.

How would you know that? Look at the address the email came from. The word scotia is before the @. The words after the @ tell you that the domain name is not that of the bank.

The moment you click on that link – you may as well have given them your wallet.If the bank wants to communicate with you they will telephone or when there is a problem with your card the banking machine will keep the card and instruct you to go to a branch where they will issue another card.

On occasion you may get an email advising you that your withdrawal limit has been set at $1 – yes one dollar. They instruct you to go to a branch and get the problem resolved. It is very awkward when that $1 message shows up late Saturday evening – but it is better than having someone suck all your money out of the account.

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1 comment to Check the address of the email sender – you may find they are not who they say they are.

  • Zaffi

    i really appreciate how you alert your readers to the latest scams.
    Yesterday I received an unsolicited phone call on our landline that is only used for the lobby door system. We have never given this number to anyone. We use our cell phones.,The odd echange number showing on my caller ID told me to be careful. 519-800-1042. The caller claimed to offer me a discounted rate on my Scotia Visa. Well, I have never ever had a Scotia bank account let alone their Visa card. I believe he also tried to suggest a BMO Master Card. I don’t have one. He had my surname and address only. Easy to get from a phone book. This phone is only 3 months old. Questioned the caller who claimed to work for YDR (Your Discount Rate) company in London, ON. And gave me what he claims was the phone number ( same as the one I saw on call display), his personal extension and employee ID. I later dialed it and it doesn’t really do anything.

    I called Scotia to report it and the gentleman didn’t seem to care much. But said he would orward an email reporting the details to the security department. I had to insist on this. The NDNC registry works fairly well, in my experience, however some calls still get through.

    I usualky do not answer numbers I don’t know. I wait to see if they leave a message and call them back if they are legitimate.,