Email From Mr James Hassan..... - Natwest Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 23rd September 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Email From Mr James Hassan.....

Apparent Sender:

Natwest

Return Address:

info@mail.com

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://dating.ninemsn.com.au/search/search.aspx?ex
ec=go&tp=q&gc=2&tr=1&lage&uageU&cl&sl=0&distP&po
=1&do=2&trackingid46138&r2s=1&_tw3166090&_r=WLM_E
ndText

Anchor text of URLs:

1) View photos of singles in your area

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

4436-60486-251437

Comments:

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

Natwest 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.

I am James Hassan , Business Relations
Manager for the Royal bank Of
Scotland(RBS) in Glasgow,Scotland . I am
getting in touch with you
regarding the estate of a deceased client
with similar last name and an
investment placed under our banks
management.

I would respectfully request that you keep
the contents of this mail
confidential and respect the integrity of
the information you come by as a
result of this mail. I contact you
independently and no one is inform...

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Website:

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