Phishing Scams and Phishing Reports at MillerSmiles.co.uk

Important - Customer Service Message

cahoot


Date Reported: 5th January 2011	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Important - Customer Service Message

Apparent Sender:

cahoot

Return Address:

message@securebank.cahoot.com

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.origincomputers.co.uk/kl2/index.html

Anchor text of URLs:

1) URL link is in form of image

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

14918-211948-490687

Comments:

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

cahoot 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.

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DEAR CAHOOT CUSTOMER,

YOU HAVE ONE NEW MESSAGE INBOX.

LOGIN NB: TO SWITCH OFF EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS
OF NEW MESSAGES, GO TO \'MY ACCOUNT\' AFTER
YOU\'VE LOGGED IN.

KIND REGARDS,

CENTRE MANAGER

CAHOOT BANK

...

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