Email phishing scam hits Wabash Valley residents

The residents of Wabash Valley (a region with the parties, both in Illinois and Indiana, USA) has recently been the subject of a phishing scam on the Internet. The phishing scam began with an e-mail that appears to come from the first financial protocol Bank Terre Haute (Indiana, USA). Post informs recipients that their online bank accounts were frozen in the wake of many suspicious login attempts. then asks recipients to click on a link attached to e-mail to unlock and access online banking accounts. to provide a more reliable and realistic, with the logo of the postal bank and the slogan “Always Close to Home”, according to reports. Commenting on the scam “phishing”, is the first financial bank officials indicated that fraud is not specifically aimed at customers in the first financial protocol. It seems that the item has been sent to Internet users through the Wabash Valley, including non-banking customers, according to a news tribstar 2 July 2010. Steve Herndon, Vice President, Compliance and Security First Financial, said it is a typical scam, according to reports tribstar July 2, 2010. Herndon said that was broadcast on the Web to capture some of the victims. In addition, First Financial will never ask customers for more private information in this way said, according to the news on TMCnet July 2, 2010. From July 2, 2010 in the morning, the bank officials had received many calls from mail recipients. Herndon, however, said that no user has click on the link. Fortunately, people have begun to recognize these types of e-mail. Herndon reported that users have become more aware of phishing e-mail and know that the banks never send emails asking users of your data and passwords. First Financial Bank has reported the incident to federal government Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). IC3 is a partnership of the National Center for White Collar Crime, FBI and Bureau Justice Assistance.