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Account Information Update (Routing Code:
BC840-L001-Q190-T1836)

First Merit Bank


Date Reported: 18th October 2005	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Account Information Update (Routing Code: BC840-L001-Q190-T1836)

Apparent Sender:

First Merit Bank

Return Address:

< Accounts.Department@firstmerit.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://35199.ds.nac.net/~daniel/www.firstmerit.com/ index.htm

Location:

NJ, US

Scam number:

aa-1432

Comments:

Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at First Merit Bank by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.

First Merit Bank never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "http://www.firstmerit.com/internetBanking/ RequestRouter?requestCmdId=DisplayConfirmPage".

The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual First Merit Bank URL.

"We regret to inform you, that we had to lock your FirstMerit Bank Online Access because we have reasons to believe that your account may have been compromised by outside parties. "

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Account Information Update (Routing Code:BC840-L001-Q190-T1836)

First Merit Bank

Account Information Update (Routing Code:
BC840-L001-Q190-T1836)