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Wells Fargo clients hit by e-mail scam

SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 (UPI) -- Wells Fargo bank customers are alerted to an e-mail hoax that seeks to get their computer passwords, IDG News Service reports.

A representative of the bank, headquartered in San Francisco, said the fraud became known Monday after a customer called about receiving a suspicious-looking e-mail from "Wells Fargo Accounting" regarding a new account application.

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The bank said the e-mail contained an attachment which, if opened, would download software onto the customer's computer, gather passwords, and send them to an unauthorized third party, presumably to the originator of the e-mail.

Wells Fargo asked the recipients to delete both the e-mail and the attachment. If their computers are infected, the customers should use antivirus software and change all their Internet and system passwords.

The bank could not say how many customers had been affected by the scam, but noted its systems had not been compromised in any way.

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