Mail from Bank Of The West! - Bank of the West Phishing Scams

Bank of the West


Date Reported: 11th May 2005	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Mail from Bank Of The West!

Apparent Sender:

Bank of the West

Return Address:

< alfs@bankofthewest.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://verify.bankofthewest-online.com/index.php?fR YgM=20462941487853400379100007283666712017156 93128231023033015842500730802362785618811115 4260&ssl=113624364277639324033845060597609961 308825589521025&eml=xxx&nYQ=4109270768368339 7386632527848102202573242600030&AxYV=8784 317944783886198672814514554

Location:

OR, US

Scam number:

aa-467

Comments:

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.

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 Bank of the West URL. Do not be fooled!

"We wanted to inform you than you must verify your account parity to given email."

Dear member.
We wanted to inform you than you must verify your account parity to given email.

Follow this link:
http://secverify.bankofthewest-online. com/index.php?Uri=32386456803732503589 21835450915338202861808224250152246781 8823261474245144379639791037819&ssl=wy byGUDYniRXkYlHefFkRTjJuTTpCazYzAxguaeT j&eml=xxx&XFvW=601928075500015552426 &Rdb=39550838024144325180180336860134
Otherwise you will not receive electronic notices about the current account.
Thank you for using Bank Of The West online site!

Please do not reaply this letter.
Thank you for using Bank Of The West

Website:

Spoof website not online at time of report...

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