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Western Union: Profile Update required.

Verizon


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 8th August 2011 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM-HIGH Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 Western Union: Profile Update required.
Apparent Sender:
 Verizon Whats this?
Return Address:
 westernunionresponse@westernunion.com Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://store.vuscm.com/x.php
  Whats this?
Anchor text of URLs:
 1) Western Union, 2) web, 3)
https://www.westernunion.cöm/webmt/reglogin.
asp, 4) CONTACT US Whats this?
Location:
 (UNKNOWN CITY), UNITED STATES Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 17992-276192-614646
 
Comments:
  • Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Verizon by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.


  • Verizon never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.


  • The anchor text appears as a legitimate URL, but don't be fooled - clicking on it will take you to a phishing site!


     
Content
 
 
Message-id:
E1QqHxL-00021k-ET@universal.ccsmediaportal.co
m
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: text/html
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Original-recipient: rfc822;mbd7@gte.net

Aug 8, 2011 12:00:52 AM,
westernunionresponse@westernunion.com wrote:

Dear valued member,

This email is to inform you that your
profile on Western Union needs updating.
We have changed the method in which we store
your personal data in accordance with
the latest web security standards....



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