Viruses, Hoaxes and Scams
Washington Mutual Customer SCAM
2/24/2005  Another financial institution scam with impressive graphics has been reported.  Do not be fooled by the authentic look. The copyright information is bogus.

This is only one in a large number of these scams on the internet.  Some of the more common are PayPal, Citizens Bank, US Bank, and CitiBank.

As always, delete the e-mail.  Do not click on any provided link.  The E-mail has the following characteristics, but the content may vary.

From:  Washington Mutual

Subject:  Notification of Washington Mutual Internet Banking Account

Dear Washington Mutual Customer,

In order to maintain the safety and integrity of our Washington Mutual community, we have issued the following warning.
It came to our attention that your account may be suspected of fraud.
We ask our users with exposed accounts to confirm their identity with Washington Mutual every once in a while, in order to upkeep the safety of our environment.
If the submitted information will fail to match our records for three times, your account will be suspended until further notice.
If you will fail to confirm your identity within the next 48 hours, your account will be suspended until further notice.
Please follow the link below and confirm your account information:

https://login.persona.wamu.com/logon/logn.asp

Washington Mutual Customer Service

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