Confirm Your Online Banking Access - Wells Fargo Phishing Scams

Wells Fargo


Date Reported: 25th February 2010	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Confirm Your Online Banking Access

Apparent Sender:

Wells Fargo

Return Address:

noreply@wellsfargo.com

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://imemc.org/cache/imagecache/local/misc/onlin
e/b0aeae66fdbfb2119927117e3a6765c403f4977abcf/cmd=
_login-submit&dispatchX85d80a13c0db1fb6947/pri
vacy_security/online/guarantee/wellsfargo/www.well
sfargo.com/

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
http://imemc.org/cache/imagecache/local/misc/
online/b0aeae66fdbfb2119927117e3a6765c403f497
7abcf/cmd=_login-submit&dispatchX85d80a13
c0db1fb6947/privacy_security/online/guarantee
/wellsfargo/www.wellsfargo.com/

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

8243-107404-333137

Comments:

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

Wells Fargo 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.

For your security, we have temporarily
prevented access to your account.

Wells Fargo safeguards your account when
there is a possibility that someone other
than you is signing on.

You may be getting this message because you
are signing on from a different location or
device.

If this is the case, your access may be
restored when you return to your normal sign
on method.

For immediate access, you are required to
follow the link below to secure your personal
ac...

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Website:

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