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Account Deactivation
Western Union
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Date Reported: 4th August 2007 |
Risk Level: MEDIUM |
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Email Subject: |
Account Deactivation |
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Apparent Sender: |
Western Union |
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Return Address: |
< deactivation@mailings.westernunion.com > |
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Email Format: |
HTML |
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URL of Web Content: |
http://lab.etat.com/manual/platform/.cgi-bin/wumt/ update/regLogin/wumt.westernunion.com/asp/ info/osMoneyTransferOptions/signin/ regLogin/counter.php |
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Location: |
Taiwan |
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Scam number: |
aa-5362 |
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Comments: |
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Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Western Union by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.
- Western Union never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.
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The spoof website this email links to was not online at time of this report, but variations of the scam which link to working websites are bound to exist, so be wary! The website may have been taken down or disabled by the hosts, but quite often these websites are hosted on the personal computer of the phishers, so may only be online at certain times.
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The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Western Union URL.
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"We would like to inform you that, due to inactivity, your Western Union account has been deactivated."
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Dear Customer,
We would like to inform you that, due to inactivity, your Western Union account has been deactivated. Inactive accounts require a new Security ID Question. To re-activate your Western Union account, you must visit our website, located here >> within the next 24 hours.
Please Note: If your account information is not updated within the next 24 hours, your account will be deleted.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Sincerely,
Western Union Customer Care
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Website: |
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Spoof website not online at time of report...
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