Capital One Online Safety Update - Capital One Phishing Scams

Capital One


Date Reported: 19th August 2011	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Capital One Online Safety Update

Apparent Sender:

Capital One

Return Address:

onlineservices@info.capitalone.com

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.mahumaviajes.com.ar/emisivo/www.capital
one.com/onlineservices/capital.html

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
http://www.capitalone.com/directbanking/signo
n?LOB=CONS&screenidAc

Location:

(UNKNOWN CITY), ARGENTINA

Scam number:

18156-279841-621072

Comments:

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

Capital One 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!

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.

DEAR VALUED CAPITAL ONE MEMBER:

Capital One Bank is constantly working to
increase security for all Online Banking
users.
To ensure the integrity of our online
payment system, we periodically review
accounts.
Your account might be restricted due to
numerous login attempts into your online
account.
Restricted accounts continue to receive
payments, but they are limited in their
ability to
send or withdraw funds. To lift up this
restriction, you need to verify your ident...

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