First they allow a buyout by smarmy National City Bank, and now someone is targeting them for a spam email phishing scam. I got this email 3 times on Friday and luckily my spam filter cought it and I didn’t see it till today and I recognize it as a fake message. Here is the text of the spam message said to be from Mid America Bank in Claredon Hills, IL. They even copied the copyright symbol in there and had the right parent company name. Just to be clear, do not click this email if you get it, it is FAKE and not really from Mid America Bank in the Chicago Area. Please be safe and do not click emails from banks unless you know they are real. (which is near impossible these days) Always go to the site directly and log in there or call them by phone.
Dear XYZ Person,
Your Debit Card must receive a refund worth 208.44$ USD from MidAmerica Bank
After the last annual calculations of your account activity we have determined that
you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $208.44 credit.
Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 days in order to process it.
You can now get your refund now by signing in to your MidAmerica Bank Account
and spare 2 minutes of your time to complete the required fields.
Your Refund Tracking ID is : MIDABNK000000000000D.
To get your Tax Refund Money now click the link below:
(Link Was Deleted For Security Purposes)
Regards, MidAmerica Bank Customer Service
MidAmerica Bank has sent this message to xyz@email address.
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