Date Reported 14th February 2005
Apparent Sender WAMU
Return Address Washington Mutual < accounts@wamu.com >
Subject Your account status needs to be updated
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://24.47.9.163:5254/login.personal.wamu.com/Confirm.htm
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 https://login.personal.wamu.com/ . This looks secure but is NOT!
4. Real URL obviously not Huntington Bank...
5. A variation on another WAMU scam reported today.
" Our systems recently detected your card being used in Europe in an attempt to withdraw funds from your account. "
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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