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American Express email phishing scam

Posted on 12 December 2009 by sharath

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American express is one of the most used and the best banking services in the USA. When there is something good about a service there are always some people trying to misuse the service benefits. Here at Technology is my passion, we have uncovered several email scams like adwords account disabled and Facebook password changed phishing scams.  We found another Phishing scam to steal your American express banking details.

This American express phishing email comes from ‘announcements@americanexpress.com’ with the subject ‘important notice about your account’.

Here is a look at the phishing email below:
american express scam email

When we looked at the email, we found the underlying URL redirects to:
scam url linked to

If you want to learn how to find the underlying URL in an email, please read our previous post.

This post is a part of our security awareness post, to keep people updated on the latest trends of phishing scams or malware attacks using email. If you know or have any social security tips, please contact us using the contact form.

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