Update your Online Banking Records

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Update your Online Banking Records
31st January 2005

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Report Summary
Date Reported	31st January 2005
Apparent Sender	Key Bank
Return Address	Key Bank < security@keybank.com >
Subject	Update your Online Banking Records
Format	HTML
Method	Spoof email links to a spoof webpage where victim is prompted to enter their details believing the site is genuine. Details are then forwarded to a local script and captured.
Bogus Web Content?	Yes
URL of web content	http://200.29.143.172/.x/enroll.html
RISK LEVEL	MEDIUM
WARNINGS	1. Email claims to be from Key Bank asking you to confirm your account data by clicking on the link. You will be taken to a spoof login page where your details will be captured by the phishers. 2. Key Bank never send users emails requesting details in this way. 3. URL of spoof website disguised as https://accounts2.keybank.com/ib2/enroll_jsp/pageStart.jsp. Looks secure (https), but the real thing is NOT! 4. Website traced to Santiago, Chile. 5. Spoof website not online at time of report but likely to closely resemble the real Key Bank website.

" Dear Key Bank customer. Please read this message and follow it's instructions."

If you have received this email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.

The Spoof Email ...

Notification of Key Bank System Maintenance

Dear Key Bank customer. Please read this message and follow it's instructions.

System Maintenance
We are performing system maintenance, wich may interfere with access to your Online Services. Due to these technical updates your online account has been deactivated. KeyBank recommends you to reactivate your online account. Go to Internet Banking by clicking this link, verify your identity as a customer of KeyBank and your online account access will be reactivated by our system.

To ensure that your account is not suspended please login to Key Bank Online Banking and Investing by clicking this link, verify your identify and your online accounts will be reactivated by our system.

To get started, please click the link below:

https://accounts2.keybank.com/ib2/enroll_jsp/pageStart.jsp
Important information from Key Bank.
This e-mail contains information directly related to your account with us, other services to witch you have subscribed, and/or any application you may have submitted.
Key Bank and its service providers are committed to protecting your privacy and ask you not to send sensitive account information through e-mail.

The Spoof Website ...

Spoof website not online at time of report...


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Update your Online Banking Records 31st January 2005

Update your Online Banking Records
31st January 2005