Central Bank - Critical Account Information - Central Bank Phishing Scams

Central Bank


Date Reported: 10th December 2007	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Central Bank - Critical Account Information

Apparent Sender:

Central Bank

Return Address:

Central Customer Protection < customer-protection@centralbank.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.centralbankonlinesecurity. com/index.html

Location:

Italy

Scam number:

aa-6130

Comments:

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

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

The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "http://www.centralbankonlinesecurity. com/index.html".

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

"During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, we have detected a slight error in your billing information."

Dear Central Bank customer,

During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, we have detected a slight error in your billing information.

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information ( i.e.change of address).
2. Submiting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
3. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due to an internal error within our processors.

Please update and verify your information by clicking here:

http://www.centralbankonlinesecurity. com/index.html

If your account information is not updated within 48 hours then your ability to access your account will become restricted.

Thank you

The Central Bank Billing Deptartment

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