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WAMU Bank: Your Account Has Been Locked.

WAMU


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 5th June 2005 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 WAMU Bank: Your Account Has Been Locked.
Apparent Sender:
 WAMU Whats this?
Return Address:
 WAMU Bank < issue@wamu.com > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://wamubank.info/login.html Whats this?
Location:
 Unknown Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-621
 
Comments:
  • Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at WAMU by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.


  • WAMU 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.


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website has been chosen to look very similar to the actual WAMU URL. Do not be fooled!
     
Content
 
 
 
"We recently have determined that different computer have logged into your Online Banking account, and multiple password failures were present before the logons."

Dear Wamu Member (vmooney),

We recently have determined that different computer have logged into your Online Banking account, and multiple password failures were present before the logons.

- Your Profile is now Locked
For your security, your profile access has been locked due to inactivity or because of too many failed login attempts.
You can Unlock your Account at the following website below.

http://wamubank.info/login.html

Thank you for your promt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

If you choose to ignore our request you leave us no choice but to temporarily suspend your account.

Thank you for using WAMU! The WAMU Team
 
Website:    
 
Spoof website not online at time of report...

 
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