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Urgent notice

Bank of the West


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 28th April 2005 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM-HIGH Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 Urgent notice
Apparent Sender:
 Bank of the West Whats this?
Return Address:
 support < LesterBrayden@zugeschmiert.de > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://etimebanker-bankofthewest.com/?ChId= 9d1825494ae10010VgnVCM Whats this?
Location:
 US Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-390
 
Comments:
  • Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Bank of the West by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.


  • Bank of the West 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 Bank of the West URL. Do not be fooled!
     
Content
 
 
 
"We recently noticed one or more attempts to log into your Bank of the West account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to believe that your account was hijacked by a third party without your authorization."


 
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