Is Someone Trying To Hack Your Bank Acount?

When you get one of those legitimate looking e-mails asking you to update your account -- the ones that look like they’re coming form from Citibank, eBay or PayPal for example - be sure to take a close look because the sender may be getting ready to empty your bank account.

Here’s an easy way to check out these realistic looking messages and show if they are bogus (as most of them are) or legit. Just hover your mouse over the link in the suspected e-mail. After a second or two, your browser or e-mail software will show you the real link you'd be clicking. For example, the link in a recent “Citibank” Phishing e-mail looked like this:www.citibank.com/etc.
By hovering over it, the actual phishing URL was revealed to be:
www.citibankonline.com/etc.

Just remember that no legitimate company will e-mail you an unsolicited request for your password or other confidential financial account information. If you receive this type of e-mail you should strongly suspect that the sender wants to clean out your bank account.