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Student Loan Update.

Directgov UK


Date Reported: 30th August 2011	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Student Loan Update.

Apparent Sender:

Directgov UK

Return Address:

Directgovuk@serviceupdate.net

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.anandaherbs.com/phpBB/index.html

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Kindly Update Here now to have access to
status of your loan.

Location:

WOONSOCKET, RI, UNITED STATES

Scam number:

18256-282750-626607

Comments:

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

Directgov UK 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.

ACCOUNT UPDATE

Dear Student Finance Customer, We at HM
Government noticed your Student loan online
log in details is

incorrect and need to be updated.

Kindly Update Here now to have access to
status of your loan.

Regards

Online Verification.

Directgov UK

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