It's another spammy, scam email targeted at naive consumers.
Royal Bank or any other Banks do not usually send out emails of this type.
If you take a closer look at the link that is on the email, it takes you to a bogus website where these people want to collect your information.
NOTE: They even use RBC's real logo to make the email look authentic.
If you get an email like this, you should report it to icann.org - Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers, the RCMP fraud unit and the RBC bank that it's talking about.
BELOW This is the scam spam email.
Dear Royal Bank customer,
We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your Royal Bank Internet Banking account may have been
accessed by an unauthorized third party.
Protecting the security of your account and of the Royal Bank network is our primary concern. Therefore, as a
preventative measure, we have temporarily limited access to sensitive account features.
To restore your account access, please take the following steps to ensure that your account has not been compromised:
1. Login to your Royal Bank Internet Banking account. In case you are not enrolled for Internet Banking, you will
have to fill in all the required information, including your client card number or business card number and your password.
2. Review your recent account history for any unauthorized withdrawals or deposits, and check you account profile to
make sure not changes have been made. If any unauthorized activity has taken place on your account! ! , report this to
Royal Bank staff immediately.
To get started, please click the link below:
https://www1.royalbank.com/cgi-bin/rbaccess <-- link doesn't go here... it's bogus The link actually forwards to 217.116.158.245/rbc/index.htm
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of
the entire Royal Bank system. Thank you for attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Royal Bank Team
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
ABOVE This is the scam spam email regarding Royal Bank.
