Security Measures - Bank Of America Phishing Scams

Bank Of America


Date Reported: 8th May 2007	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Security Measures

Apparent Sender:

Bank Of America

Return Address:

< admin@alert.bankofamerica.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://voyagerinc.co.kr/company/.www. bankofamerica.com/update.html

Location:

Korea

Scam number:

aa-4831

Comments:

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

Bank Of America never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "https://www.bankofamerica.com/online/home/ sso_co_home.htm".

The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Bank Of America URL.

"Bank of America Online® Department Notice"

Bank of America Online® Department Notice
You have received this email because you or someone had used your account from different locations. For security purpose, we are required to open an investigation into this matter.

In order to safeguard your account, we require that you confirm your banking details.® To help speed up this process, please access the following link so we can complete the verification of your Bank of America Online® Banking Account registration information :

https://www.bankofamerica.com/ online/home/sso_co_home.htm

Please Note:

If we do not receive the appropriate account verification within 48 hours, then we will assume this Bank of America Bank account is fraudulent and will be suspended. The purpose of this verification is to ensure that your bank account has not been fraudulently used and to combat the fraud from our community.

We appreciate your support and understanding and thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Michael Barrow
Bank of America Bank - Bank of America Online® Banking Department

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