Important message from the Commonwealth Bank! - Commonwealth Bank of Australia Phishing Scams

Commonwealth Bank of Australia


Date Reported: 30th May 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM-HIGH

Email Subject:

Important message from the Commonwealth Bank!

Apparent Sender:

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Return Address:

NetBank Commonwealth < Commbank@virginia.edu >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www3.netbank6.commbank. commbiz7-au.com/images/ netguard/index.php

Location:

Malta

Scam number:

aa-9357

Comments:

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

Commonwealth Bank of Australia never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The REAL URL of the spoof website has been chosen to look very similar to the actual Commonwealth Bank of Australia URL. Do not be fooled!

"We recorded a payment request from "Internet Friends Network -iFriends.net -Girls Show" to enable the charge of AU$317 on your account."

We recorded a payment request from "Internet Friends Network -iFriends.net -Girls Show" to enable the charge of AU$317 on your account.

Because the order was made from an european internet address, we put an Exception Payment on transaction id #POS01-37651831 motivated by our NetBankGuardDog Tracking System.

THE PAYMENT IS PENDING FOR THE MOMENT.

If you made this transaction or if you just authorize this payment, please ignore or remove this email message.The transaction will be shown on your monthly statement as "Internet Friends network".

If you didn't make this payment and would like to decline the AU$317 billing to your card, please follow the link below to cancel the payment :

http://www3.netbank6.commbank. commbiz7-au.com/images/ netguard/index.php

NOTE: Because email is not a secure form of communication, please do not reply to this email.
Yours sincerely,
© Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2009 ABN 48 123 123 124

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