Of course, there IS NO issue - but trying to log in on one of their fake webpages will bring all kinds of issues. In both cases, the scammer’s objective is to get the would-be victim to panic and follow the link with promise of being able to resolve the issue. Īs seen above, the alerts are of two types: large payments and account issues. regions-smsalerts your account is under review, please verify your information or your login-acess maybe revoked.visit immediately to take necessary steps to protect your account.

regions alerts your online access is restricted.The scam text message (“smishing”) informs the would-be victim of some account issue that requires “verification”, the intention being to obtain your details. hxxps://stagingkleensocom/cg/-verification/AMEX/Amex/home/Įlsewhere, scammers are posing as Regions Bank, a popular bank in the South and Midwest, with a particularly high number of scam reports in Florida and Texas.The legitimate web address is /en-us/account/login. In the case of convincing fakes, the best giveaway is the URL address. As you can see, they are scarily similar. Above are two American Express log-in pages, one fake and one real.