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About your $16.3million
Microsoft
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Date Reported: 12th August 2017 |
Risk Level: MEDIUM-HIGH |
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Email Subject: |
About your $16.3million |
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Apparent Sender: |
Microsoft |
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Return Address: |
andrewmccabe@fbi.gov |
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Email Format: |
HTML |
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URL of Web Content: |
https://www.thebalance.com/g00/bank-drafts-315281? i10c.referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F |
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Anchor text of URLs: |
1) , 2) , 3) https://www.thebalance.com/g00/bank-drafts-31 5281?i10c.referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.c om%2F, 4) , 5) |
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Location: |
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES |
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Scam number: |
26104-330829-727306 |
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Comments: |
- Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Microsoft by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.
- Microsoft never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.
- The anchor text appears as a legitimate URL, but don't be fooled - clicking on it will take you to a phishing site!
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FBI HEADQUARTERS
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001
WEBSITE: WWW.FBI.GOV
ATTENTION
PAYMENT OF UK LOTTERY WINNING VALUED AT $16.3MILLION WON IN 2015
MY NAME IS ANDREW MCCABE. I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT I HAVE BEEN MANDATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FBI AND THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED S...
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