Date Reported 1st February 2005
Apparent Sender South Trust
Return Address ALERT@SouthTrust.com
Subject TECHNICAL SERVICES ALERT OF The South Trust BANK
Format HTML
Method Spoof email links to a spoof webpage where victim is prompted to enter their details believing the site is genuine. Details are then forwarded to a local script and captured.
Bogus Web Content? Yes
URL of web content http://www.hm/southtrustonlinebanking.com
RISK LEVEL MEDIUM
WARNINGS 1. Email claims to be from South Trust asking you to confirm your account data by clicking on the link. You will be taken to a spoof login page where your details will be captured by the phishers.
2. South Trust never send users emails requesting details in this way.
3. URL of spoof website disguised as http://southtrustonlinebanking.com/retail/
Looks secure (https), but the real thing is NOT!
4. Spoof website not online at time of report - URL seems corrupted. However there are likely to other versions of this scam in circulation that link to a working website.
" Confirm this until the end of the Date : February 5 2005. Technical services of the bank are carrying out a planned software and hardware upgrade. "
If you have received this email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.
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