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Bank Of America Alert : Account Suspended

Bank Of


Date Reported: 23rd June 2010	Risk Level: MEDIUM-HIGH

Email Subject:

Bank Of America Alert : Account Suspended

Apparent Sender:

Bank Of

Return Address:

Americaonlinebanking@ealerts.bankofamerica.com

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://213.229.80.25/~risi/a/Bankpdate/Bankpdate/B
oAsAdfe/yourAccountSecurityUpdate.html

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
www.bankofamerica.com/account/re-activation/

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

10925-145861-394884

Comments:

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

Bank Of 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!

DEAR VALUED MEMBER,

We noticed invalid login attempts into you
account online from an unknown IP address .
Due to this, we have temporarily suspended
your account.
We need you to update your account
information for your online banking to be
re-activated
please update your billing information today
by clicking

here
www.bankofamerica.com/account/re-activation/
After a few clicks,

just verify the information you entered is
correct.
Sincerely,
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