Date Reported 24th February 2005
Apparent Sender Southtrust
Return Address SouthTrust Bank Customer Service < onlinealert@southtrustonlinebanking.com >
Subject Personal Service Notification
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://131.112.102.20/retail/index.php
RISK LEVEL MEDIUM
WARNINGS 1. Email claims to be from Southtrust 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. Southtrust never send users emails requesting details in this way.
3. URL of spoof website disguised as " Login to Online Banking".
4. Real URL looks nothing like Southtrust .
5. Website traced to Meguro-ku, Japan .
" We are remind you that on 16, February 2005 our Banking Review Team identified some unusual activity in your Debit Card 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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