Important New Software for Capital One Bank - Capital One Bank Phishing Scams

Capital One Bank


Date Reported: 24th June 2008	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Important New Software for Capital One Bank

Apparent Sender:

Capital One Bank

Return Address:

Update Department < help@capitalone.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://top.capitalonebank.compub. login.htmlbank.serv.manager. cgipage.showshow.489626499. type.activex.comprj. 036session.r7994d5132oh290o4896i. uiydsr.com/login.html

Location:

Unknown

Scam number:

aa-7319

Comments:

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

Capital One Bank 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.

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

"ATTENTION TO ALL CAPITAL ONE BANK CUSTOMERS NECESSARY CRITICAL UPDATE"

ATTENTION TO ALL CAPITAL ONE BANK CUSTOMERS
NECESSARY CRITICAL UPDATE A critical update is available to remove unacceptable symbols from the wire submission page that is included with Capital One Bank Treasury Optimizer.
Critical Updates are intended to fix potential security risks in Business Objects Capital One Bank products. These updates are highly recommended to ensure the security of Capital One Bank products.
For additional information about the latest service pack for Windows, click the following link to view the article in the Capital One Update Base:

To start update press NEXT>>

2008 Capital One Services, Inc.

Website:

Spoof website not online at time of report...

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