Alright I had a couple problems today when I looked at my ACCOUNT and found that 1,000 dollars had been taken out. I have been using regions.com to check it and everytime I did this came up.


I want to know if this third party could take my account passwords and such and be able to get into my account and use my money and all. I called and had my account frozen but I still want to know if it was this third party in that message that came up that took my account details or if it was something else. The money DESCRIPTION/payee was WESTERNUNION COM MONEYThis description of your problem applies to a term called "Phishing" meaning websites or services that try and get your credit card, SSN, or other informaton from you to comit credit fraud.

These websites can be very hidden among good websites.

Unfortunately, I myself cant give you too much information on the specific message, however, I will reccomend this:
Please visit http://www.siteadvisor.com and download and install their free site advisor program for InternetExplorer and FireFox, the tool is free for personal use, and is from MCAFEE.
It will indicate wether a site has been marked as safe or not.

(Upgrading to InternetExplorer 7 will also protect you against phishing. )
I got the Regions Bank scam email myself. If you clicked on one of the links, you're screwed. The links were redirects and were bounced off GOOGLE and ebay. Kill the account and OPEN a new one. Change all your passwords and user names any other pertinent info concerning your banking. Notify your bank of the scam.Most banks do have a fraud protection, and the fraud should be somewhat repairable. Do what 2k_dummy said, and call the bank. Its the best you can do.remember the golden rule!!!

*ahem* REPUTABLE COMPANIES WILL [highlight]NEVER[/highlight] ASK FOR YOU TO UPDATE YOUR BILLING INFORMATION!!!


you have to do this on your own. if you move, get a new card, new phone number, etc. it is [highlight]your[/highlight] responsiblity to change your billing information. if you receive an email, fax, or a letter asking for you to update your billing information, it is a hoax, no matter how real it looks. (phishers know how to use photo-shop  )

a key-logger (records key strokes and commonly sends its daily logs to a predetermined person via FTP, email, IRC, etc.) may have been used to access your account, also, an unencrypted wireless connection may have allowed a phisher to intercept your password and use it to access your account as well.