Date Reported 19th January 2005
Apparent Sender Valley National Bank
Return Address vBankWorks < support@vbankworks.com >
Subject Valley Security Alert
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://211.137.5.253:280/vbankworks.updateinfo.securly.com/
RISK LEVEL MEDIUM
WARNINGS 1. Email claims to be from Valley National Bank 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. Valley National Bank never send users emails requesting details in this way.
3. URL of spoof website looks quite real at a glance, but is not! (Notice the numbers at the start).
4. URL disguised as text " Click here to prove your identity ".
5. Website traced to China.
6. The first scams I have seen targeting Valley National Bank. More likely to follow.
" Dear vBankWorks user, Fraudulent activity has been registered on some of our accounts. "
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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