Date Reported 26th January 2005
Apparent Sender WAMU
Return Address Washington Mutual < Washington Mutual >
Subject PRIVATE MESSAGE FROM WASHINGTON MUTUAL [Wed, 26 Jan 2005 05:52:39 -0400]
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://220.194.228.91:87/wa/
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 and text of email both embedded in an image in the email body - a technique used by scammers and phishers to get past spam filters.
4. Website traced to China.
5. Spoof URL looks secure (https) but is not!
6. Spoof website not online at time of report, but when online likely to closely resemble the real WAMU website.
" Technical services of the Bank are carrying out a planned software upgrade."
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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