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Fraud Prevention Measures
Bank Of The West
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Date Reported: 7th May 2005  |
Risk Level: MEDIUM |
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Email Subject: |
Fraud Prevention Measures |
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Apparent Sender: |
Bank Of The West |
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Return Address: |
Bank of the West Security Department < confirm@bankofthewest.com > |
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| Email Format: |
HTML |
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URL of Web Content: |
http://61.199.236.43/.s/BOW/BOW/index.htm |
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Location: |
Japan |
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Scam number: |
aa-446 |
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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 "http://www.bankofthewest.com/direct/home_nav_ netaccess_r.html".
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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.
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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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"To provide our customers the most effective and secure online
access to their accounts, we are continually upgrading our online
services."
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Dear Bank Of The West Client,
To provide our customers the most effective and secure online
access to their accounts, we are continually upgrading our online
services. As we add new features and enhancements to our service,
there are certain browsers versions which will not support these
system upgrades. As many customers already know, Microsoft
Internet Explorer has significant 'holes' or vulnerabilities that virus
creators can easily take advantage of .
In order to further protect your account, we have introduced some
new important security standards and browsers requirements.
Bank Of The West security systems require that you test your browser now
to see if meets the requirements to Bank Of The West Online Banking.
Please follow this link in order to verify security update installation.
http://www.Bank Of The West.com/direct/home_nav_netaccess_r.html
This security update will be effective immediately . In the meantime
some of the Internet Banking services may not be available.
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Spoof website not online at time of report...
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