*IMPORTANT* Please Validate Your Account - AOL Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 24th July 2005	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

*IMPORTANT* Please Validate Your Account

Apparent Sender:

AOL

Return Address:

< administrator@aol.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://209.67.220.164/confirm.php?email=xxx

Location:

Scam number:

aa-918

Comments:

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

AOL never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "http://www.aol.com/confirm.php?email=xxx".

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 looks nothing like the actual AOL URL.

"According to our site policy you will have to confirm your account by the following link or else your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons."

Dear Valued Member,

According to our site policy you will have to confirm your account by the following link or else your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.

http://www.aol.com/confirm.php?email=xxx

Thank you for your attention to this question. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,Aol Security Department Assistant.

Website:

Spoof website not online at time of report...

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