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Notification of e-gold account update

e-gold


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 19th February 2006 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM-HIGH Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 Notification of e-gold account update
Apparent Sender:
 e-gold Whats this?
Return Address:
 AccountRobot_donotreply < AccountRobot_donotreply@e-gold.com > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://www.egold-notice.com/acct/ Whats this?
Location:
 VA, US Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-2167
 
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 has been chosen to look very similar to the actual e-gold URL. Do not be fooled!
     
Content
 
 
 
"We are contacting You to remind You that our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in Your account."

Notification of e-gold account update

We are contacting You to remind You that our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in Your account. In accordance with e-goldīs User Agreement and to ensure that Your account has not been compromised, access to Your account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved.

Please click on the link bellow and log in to Your account:

Click here to activate Your account

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Please do not reply to this automatically generated email message.
 
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