Message Update:- Dear Valued Customer - Microsoft Phishing Scams

Microsoft


Date Reported: 27th October 2010	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Message Update:- Dear Valued Customer

Apparent Sender:

Microsoft

Return Address:

internetbanking@natwest.com

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.myae.org/aof/Login.php

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Click Here To Verify Your Account
DetailsRegards Security Team.National
Westminster Bank Plc

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

13599-188461-459325

Comments:

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

Microsoft 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.

Dear Customer,

We recently notices one or more attempts to
log in your NatWest Bank account from a
foreign IP address and we have
reason to believe that your account was
hacked by a third party without your
authorization.

If you recently accessed your account while
travelling, the unusual log in attempts may
have initiated by you.

However if you are the rightfull holder of
the account please click on the log on button
below and verify your account
information
...

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Website:

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