New American Express Scam Email

April 23, 2012 By Terry

To say that Internet scams are getting more difficult to spot is an understatement. This morning, I received an email notification from American Express about a fraud alert on my AmEx card. Problem is, I don’t have an AmEx card. Sorry fellas, wrong guy.

There are a couple of things about this email that make it suspicious. First, the “From” address is seems a bit off. Why would American Express send a fraud warning from their “Welcome” group? And second, there’s an image missing. They do have the AmEx logo card image included—a nice touch that will fool a good many people.

Here’s an image of the email that I received. If you get this one, don’t open or it or click on the links, but do consider forwarding it to spoof@americanexpress.com.

About Terry

I started out as a skip tracer. Just in case you don’t know, that’s the guy who finds the people who don’t want to be found. It was the little things—getting paid to lie—that made skip tracing the fun part of the job.

Those years of chasing deadbeats taught me many valuable life lessons, such as liars come from all walks of life, and always keep your car in the garage.

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