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Oct

Beware of Citibank Credit Card Renewal Email Scam

In our constant endeavor to keep you updated about internet threats and scams, we have been telling you about different ways in which you can get scammed and how to avoid it. Here is another email scam that we want to warn you about, the recent email doing the rounds is about a Citibank Credit Card Renewal Scam.

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Now many people would be likely to click on the link, but like we have always said never click on links unless you verify the integrity of it. So a quick click on the view details should tell you where the email is coming from.

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In addition to that start using a secure browser like or , so clicking on the link would shield you instantly. As a precaution, please do not click on any links in emails that look suspicious, also read our guide on staying safe on the internet to always protect yourself.

3 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

  1. TechnoSamrat
    October 3rd, 2008 at 12:34 pm #

    Even I get many mails like this saying that they are from Citibank, HDFC and HSBC. But most of them are caught by my Spam Filter…

  2. Keith Dsouza
    October 3rd, 2008 at 12:40 pm #

    @TechnoSamrat Actually I wrote about this because it was not caught by the spam filter.

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