In this post I will describe how you need to tread cautiously while activating a new American Express credit card based on my experience.
So, you have received a brand new American Express (Amex) credit card and you are excited to confirm it on their website and start swiping.
You know that you have to confirm the receipt of the card on their website before using it - as that's what the mailer says as it tell you to visit "americanexpress.com/confirmcard". So you fire up your browser, but you are feeling lazy today, so instead of typing that URL on your browser's address bar you just search for "american express confirm card" on your default search engine. This post compares between the results that you get in Bing and Google as of October 16, 2018.
Bing
The screenshot below is what was seen on Bing. Have a look at it then you can read on.
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| "American Express Confirm Card" on Bing |
So, the first result on the first page is a phishing scam. If you are careful enough to identify that this resulting page is not what an American Express web page should look like, you could be giving out you personal (financial) details to a scammer.
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| Phishing Website |
The rest of the Bing results on the first page on seems fine with some pointers to the original Amex website or some other blogs.
The search on Google does not point to the actual "Confirm Card" web page, but most results are from the original Amex website.
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| "American Express Confirm Card" on Google |
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