Date Reported 8th February 2005
Apparent Sender WAMU
Return Address service@wamu.com <service@wamu.com>
Subject Please Restore Your Account Access
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://201.245.7.30/manual/.cgi/wamu/index.php?MfcISAPICommand=SignInFPP&UsingSSL=1&email=&userid=
RISK LEVEL MEDIUM
WARNINGS 1. Email claims to be from WAMU 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. WAMU never send users emails requesting details in this way.
3. URL of spoof website disguised as " Click here to verify your account " .
4. Spoof website traced to Bogotá, Columbia .
5. Real URL obviously NOT WAMU.
" Washington Mutual is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of buyers and sellers. "
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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