Type of a scam Phishing
The caller claimed to be from BMO, wanted to offer home360 enrollment including a free month. They knew my name and postal code. They started asking basic info (confirm address, email) and then tried to get personal info (place of birth under the guise of using it as a password)
In lieu of that they asked to make up a password, presumably to check against online accounts. I avoided the problem for the most part – feel foolish it went so far. I did say yes to certain questions… Didn’t realize even saying yes these days is a risk. I followed up with BMO and it appears to be a scam.
Hopefully won’t come back to haunt me.
Type of a scam Phishing
I received a text saying to go to bankofmontreal-online.com and verify my BMO account. I do not have one
Type of a scam Credit Cards
I received this on Messenger on my cell phone:
"Due to your recent banking activities with your BMO card, we require you to confirm your PVQ with us to avoid it’s suspension, use www.bmo-online.info to secure"
I do not have a BMO card and if I ever did , it has not been used. When I went to the website (out of curiosity) it wanted my information and wouldn’t go further without it.
Type of a scam Phishing
This is the email sent to me. I don’t even have a BMO account, but I suspect this is a scam.
<span title="______________________________________________________________________________________
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From: "BMO Alerts"
To:
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 8:40:14 AM
Subject: We have temporarily limited your Bank.of.Montreal account! [4875878WV#Limited-code]
Dear *** ,
Your account security is our top priority. To help protect your account, we have temporarily limited what you can do with it.
You will need to complete some steps to ensure the security of your account.
Click here and login to your BMO
What to do next:
Please log in to your BMO account and follow the steps there to confirm your identity and recent account activity.
To help protect your account, your BMO account will remain limited until you complete the necessary steps.
Sincerely,
Bank of Montreal 2016
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Type of a scam Phishing
I knew immediately it was a scam because we have no banking or credit card connection with BMO. I’ve cut and pasted the email detail that was sent to me (and also to my husband’s email – I’ve blocked out my personal info as requested –
-Action: Changes made in your Internet Banking Profile
-Date: November 06 2015.
-This is to inform that your profile data was changed by you or by someone logged in using your BMO Credit Card and password on
-11.06.2015 from IP ***
-If you didn’t change your profile data please visit:
http:/www.bmo.com/personal/canada/go.aspx?ONLINE-LOGIN[my email address]
-This is an automated email – Please do not reply.
-This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.
***
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