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Date Reported: 3rd April 2005 |
Risk Level: MEDIUM |
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Email Subject: |
eTimeBanker® confirmation |
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Apparent Sender: |
Bank of the West |
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Return Address: |
< etb@bankofthewest.com > |
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Email Format: |
HTML |
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URL of Web Content: |
http://confirm.ressl.etimebnk.net/.,,/ |
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Location: |
CA, US |
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Scam number: |
aa-244 |
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Comments: |
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Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Bank of the West by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.
- Bank of the West never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.
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The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "https://etimebanker.bankofthewest.com/?DR= UPDATE".
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The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Bank of the West URL.
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