Date Reported 21st February 2005
Apparent Sender WAMU
Return Address Support@wamu.com < Support@wamu.com >
Subject Washington Mutual Inc. Yearly Update Your Records
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://agrobio.korea.ac.kr/.Update/WashingtonMutual--Log0n.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 " http://cgi1.wamu.com/aw-cgi/wamuISAPI.dll?UPdate ".
4. Real URL looks nothing like WAMU .
5. Website traced to Korea.
" Dear Washington Mutual Customer: It has come to our attention that your Washington Mutual billing updates are out of order."
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.
The Spoof Email ...
Dear Washington Mutual Customer:
It has come to our attention that your Washington Mutual billing updates are
out of order. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your
online experience and update your billing records you will not run
into any future problems with the online service. However, failure
to update your records will result in account termination. Please
update your records by February 23th.
Once you have updated your account records your Washington Mutual session will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will result in
cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future billing
problems.
To update your Washington Mutual records click here:
http://cgi1.wamu.com/aw-cgi/wamuISAPI.dll?UPdate
Washington Mutual Update team
http://www.wamu.com
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