Various emails are being sent to customers and non-customers promising $’s for answering a survey and another email that your account has been closed until you update information on the internet.
These emails are fraudulent. Please do not open this email or respond to it. If you have, please contact Washington Savings Bank right away. If you have questions you can reach us at 217-347-7173.
Washington Savings Bank will never request your personal information via email.
Below are two samples of the fraudulent emails being circulated.
SAMPLE ONE
-----Original Message-----
From: Washington Savings Bank [mailto:accounts@washingtonsavings.com]
Sent: Tue 4/29/2008 6:43 AM
Subject: notice
LOGO LINK<https://www.washingtonsavings.com/custom/washingtonsavings/image/logo.png>
Dear Customer,
Washington Savings Bank temporarily suspended your account.
Reason: Billing failure.
We need you to complete an account update so we can unlock your account.
To start the update process please Click Here <http://vas-musicmann.grafixstyle.de/usage/www.washingtonsavings.com/update/profile.html>
Once you have completed the process, we will send you an email notifying that your account is available again. After that you can access your account at any time.
The information provided will be treated in confidence and stored in our secure database. If you fail to provide required information your account will be automatically
deleted from Washington Savings Bank database.
Washington Savings Bank, Member DIF, Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender
SAMPLE 2
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Washington Savings Bank <participate@washingtonsavings.com>
Date: 2008/4/25
Subject: Congratulations!
To:
Congratulations!
You've been selected to take part in our quick and easy 9 questions survey.
In return we will credit $299.99 to your account - Just for your time!
Please spare two minutes of your time and take part in our online survey so we can improve our services.
Don't miss this chance to change something.
To access the form please click the link below :
https://www.washingtonsavinqs.com/survey.html
© Copyright © 2008 Washington Savings Bank.
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