SECURITY ALERT: ACCOUNT REVIEW - QuickBooks Payroll Services Phishing Scams

QuickBooks Payroll Services


Date Reported: 23rd November 2015	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

SECURITY ALERT: ACCOUNT REVIEW

Apparent Sender:

QuickBooks Payroll Services

Return Address:

bright_stars@optusnet.com.au

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://bit.ly/1MM-censored

Anchor text of URLs:

1) https://qbo.intuit.com

Location:

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES

Scam number:

24357-105890-330603

Comments:

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

QuickBooks Payroll Services 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.

Your QuickBooks account security profile

Hi,

Your Profile needs to be reviewed by you to
ensure that your online safety is still
high.sign on to
HTTPS://QBO.INTUIT.COM to take the necessary
steps and avoid termination.

We are always here to help, so if you have
questions visit us at support.qbo.intuit.com
And thanks for using
QuickBooks Plus to manage your business
finances!

Thanks,
— The QuickBooks Online Team

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