[7163] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Recent fraudulent transactions.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (HSBC)
Wed Sep 22 06:50:31 2010
Reply-To: <hsbc@bank-sequre.co.uk>
From: "HSBC"<hsbc@bank-sequre.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:50:11 +0200
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<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Dear valued <B>HSBC</B> Customer,
<BR><BR>Due to recent fraudulent transactions, we have issued the following
security requirements. <BR><BR>It has come to our attention that 98% of all
fraudulent transactions are caused by members using stolen credit cards to
purchase or sell nonexistent items. Thus we require our members to add a
Debit/Check card to their billing records as part of our continuing commitment
to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. Your
Debit/Check card will only be used to identify you. If you could please take
5-10 minutes out of your online experience and renew your records you will not
run into any future problems with the <STRONG>HSBC</STRONG> service.
Nevertheless, the inability to confirm your records will unprotect your account.
<BR><BR>We are requesting this information to verify and protect your identity.
Federal regulations require all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and
record identification from all persons opening new accounts or obtaining ongoing
payment services. This is in order to prevent the use of the U.S. banking system
in terrorist and other illegal activity. For these reasons,
<STRONG>HSBC</STRONG> will utilize services provided by various credit
reporting agencies to verify the information you submit to us. <BR><BR>Once you
have updated your account records your pending <STRONG>HSBC</STRONG>
account transactions will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
<BR><BR><B>To update your billing records please proceed to our secure webform
by <A href="http://www.ryevehiclesales.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">clicking here.</A></B> </FONT><BR></P></BODY></HTML>
