Alert-e-gold eMail Scam

You may have received the following email. If so you are the target of an eMail Scam, commonly called a "Phishing" scam. Following the link included in the email could result in financial and identity loses. For more information about phishing visit SecurePCNews are review the article entitled "Don't get hooked by a phisher."

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Following is the text of the Scam email message:

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From: AccountRobot_donotreply@e-gold.com [mailto:AccountRobot_donotreply@e-gold.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 8:06 AM
Subject: Please Update Your Records


[e-Gold Logo here]


Dear valued E-gold member :

It has come to our attention that your E-gold account information needs to be
updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to
reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes
out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into
any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records on or before October 30th, 2007.

Once you have updated your account records, your E-gold session will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your E-gold records click on the following link:

https://www.e-gold.com/acct/login.html

Thank You.
Safeharbor Department E-gold, Inc
The E-gold team.
Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, E-gold will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.
Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.
http://www.e-gold.com/unsecure/terms.htm

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Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
For assistance, log in to your e-gold account and click on any page.

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If you received an email like this, the safest thing to do is just delete it. If you have already clicked on the link you may have unknowingly downloaded a harmful PC virus. You should immediately run a full virus scan to check for spyware or anyother malware.

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If you provided any information such as your online banking login information or any other personal inforation you may be at risk for fraudulent financial transactions. You should immediately contact your financial institution for assistance. For more information about what to do if you think you may be the victim of a phishing email visit SecurePCNews.

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