Security Alert - =?us-ascii?B?QmFyY2xheXMgQmFua Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 29th September 2011	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Security Alert

Apparent Sender:

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Return Address:

Not found

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.d4rk-esport.fr/e107_plugins/featurebox/
templates/LoginMember.login.htm

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Please Click Here To Restore Your Account

Location:

WOONSOCKET, RI, UNITED STATES

Scam number:

18609-291539-643358

Comments:

Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at =?us-ascii?B?QmFyY2xheXMgQmFuayBQTEMgPG9ubGluZS5hbGVydHNAYmFyY2xheXMuY28udWs+?= by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.

=?us-ascii?B?QmFyY2xheXMgQmFuayBQTEMgPG9ubGluZS5hbGVydHNAYmFyY2xheXMuY28udWs+?= 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.

BARCLAYS BANK SECURITY NOTIFICATION

We noticed a violation of our services on
your account, this
may have occurred due to a viral infection on
your computer
when you last accessed your account online.
For security reasons, we have temporarily
disabled access to
your account until you complete the account
restore process.PLEASE CLICK HERE TO RESTORE
YOUR ACCOUNT

Best Regards,
Barclays Bank Security Team

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