January 27, 2010 - Fraudulent ABA Email Phishing Scheme

American Bankers Association has been alerted about a new phishing e-mail that informs recipients that an "unauthorized transaction" has been charged to their account using their bank card. The amount of the transaction is listed, and recipients are asked to click on a link to review the transaction. The e-mail is fraudulent, and recipients should not click on the link. While phishing for personal financial information has been a long-standing practice, criminals are increasingly phishing for access to corporate, small- business and governmental accounts, and they are using that access to withdraw large sums of money from them.