Alert - Regions Bank Regular Account Maintenance eMail Scam

Regions Financial Corporation continues to be the latest target by phishers.

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. The link takes you to a 'spoofed' of fake copy of the real Regions login page. Any information you type on this screen will go directly to the fraudsters, not Regions bank.

You can view a copy of the original scam email here.

You can view a screen shot of the fake website here.

You can view a copy of the original scam email here.

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Following is the text of the Scam email message:

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From: RegionsNET [mailto:service@regions.com]
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 6:25 PM
To: RegionsNET
Subject: Regular Account Maintenance

Dear Regions Valued Member,

We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security measures.Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance, and you will now be taken through a series of identity verification pages.

To perform regular maintenance please click here .

Please Note:
If we do no receive the appropriate account verification within 24 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be suspended. The purpose of this verification is to ensure that your account has not been fraudulently used and to combat the fraud from our community.

Thank you for using Regions!
The Regions Team
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Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.
Copyright © 2007 Regions Financial Corporation. All rights reserved.
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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.

If you don't have anti-virus or anti-spyware software, visit our online shop for a number of brands you can purchase online and download from Office Depot.

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 information about Reporting a Fraud at Regions visit their website at http://www.regions.com/about_regions/report_fraud.rf

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