Attention from Bank Of The West - Bank Of The West Phishing Scams

Bank Of The West


Date Reported: 11th May 2005	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Attention from Bank Of The West

Apparent Sender:

Bank Of The West

Return Address:

BOTW Support < fjh@bankofthewest.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://gsec.bankofthewest-online.com/index.php?uhth O=706612019942646560690437862279749401612606 87153759663032665353847864090059874140116419 785&ssl=221505392791807784209210862830463524153 333414192622&eml=xxx&nFn=544530814960212638061 31372309534070488527220357&NKEK=6373514 997306930011400027258605

Location:

OR, US

Scam number:

aa-469

Comments:

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

Bank Of The West never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

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.

The REAL URL of the spoof website has been chosen to look very similar to the actual Bank Of The West URL. Do not be fooled!

"Information to your attention: you must verify your parity of the account to given e-mail. "

Dear Bank Of The West Bank user.
Information to your attention: you must verify your parity of the account to given e-mail.

Click on this reference:
http://customerlogin.bankofthewest-onl ine.com/index.php?oMl=3426041038434375 39789782507368893163674958302166134002 25309088019656305989011672023145785&s sl=ovVqWLbnEpzGtnGwTNOODevRThxEwjQKFL dBzfOev&eml=xxx&oKOD=6844854410816806 81759&qkl=061376944513951506605863822 00790
Otherwise we stop temporarily service of your account.
Thank you for using Bank Of The West

This letter is created by automatically electronic system. Please do not reaply this e-mail.
Again, thank you for using Bank Of The West.

Website:

Spoof website not online at time of report...

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