Colonial Bank WebBiz Alert: SERVER UPDATE - Colonial Bank Phishing Scams

Colonial Bank


Date Reported: 23rd June 2008	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Colonial Bank WebBiz Alert: SERVER UPDATE

Apparent Sender:

Colonial Bank

Return Address:

Certificate and e-Tools < business@colonialbank.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://connect.colonialbank.webbiz. securitychallenge.bankonenet. siteminderagent.ssosuppressprompt. fcctype66728419.realmoid13100342n6. 4e1e5bbfef15noc9a67284. smauthreason.method. getsmagentnamesm. zvp3fam3so5g4ed.5fretail. inquiry.cnmrdwe.com/logon.htm

Location:

Unknown

Scam number:

aa-7308

Comments:

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

Colonial Bank 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 Colonial Bank URL. Do not be fooled!

"Colonial Bank has just released an updated version of WebBiz Login with a few new minor features, and broader availability to more users."

Colonial Bank has just released an updated version of WebBiz Login with a few new minor features, and broader availability to more users. Windows validation is no longer required for the installation of Colonial Bank electronic certificate, and is now accessible to all Windows XP/Vista users.
Those who are already running Colonial Bank Certificate will not get it again through Automatic Updates.

CONTINUE>> to update.

2003-2008 Colonial Bank

Website:

Spoof website not online at time of report...

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