Notification of e-gold account settings - e-gold Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 30th November 2006	Risk Level: HIGH

Email Subject:

Notification of e-gold account settings

Apparent Sender:

e-gold

Return Address:

< BalanceRobot_donotreply@e-gold.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.e-gold.com.index.html.secretkey. ah7845bv.session.key.mfnzxcbvfgtwyewqiuqo jsdjmfnzxcbvfgtwyewqiuqojsdj. teddybearxray.com/~tutor/ads/index.php? SecureKey=AH7845BV&customerid= xxx@xxx.com &gGCFTgAgAAeHlz9FnXeMWZllWXAAAA AuMCwCFBQlz9FnXeMWZllWXS3AlBX VSh qAhQRfhgTDrferHCURspAisNRFgmQ= https://www.e-gold.com/acct/login.html? SecureKey=%RND_UC_CHAR[6]&cmd=_ update&login_access=1097401855/& AAJbQqzzF/gGCFTgAgAAeHAAAAAuMCwCFBQ lz9FnXeMWZllWXSDAS3_pageLabel= page_resolution_center&actionOverride=1

Location:

FL, US

Scam number:

aa-3876

Comments:

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

e-gold never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "https://www.e-gold.com/?SecureKey=AH7845BV".

The REAL URL of the spoof website has been chosen to look very similar to the actual e-gold URL. Do not be fooled!

"** e-gold Balance Notice **"

** e-gold Balance Notice **

e-gold account email: (xxx@xxx.com )

You have received a spend of 2.500 grams of gold from e-gold account #2162432 (OmniPay.com e-gold fund report). Your current e-gold account settings are blocking payments from this type of account. If you wish to claim this gold fund anyway, please follow the link provided with SecureKey to update your e-gold account settings.

SecureKey e-gold url:
https://www.e-gold.com/? SecureKey=AH7845BV

Please claim your gold fund within 48hours, or it will be refused and cancelled.

Please do not reply to this automatically generated email message.

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