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Update your Online Banking Records
9th February 2005

please forward any scams you've received to spoof@millersmiles.co.uk

Report Summary
Date Reported
9th February 2005
Apparent Sender
WAMU
Return Address
WAMU Security Department < account@wamu.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://asianent.com.tw/.w/

RISK LEVEL
MEDIUM
WARNINGS

1. Email claims to be from WAMU 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. WAMU never send users emails requesting details in this way.

3. URL of spoof website disguised as https://login.personal.wamu.com/logon/logon.asp?dd=1&Update&Your&Info. This looks secure (https) but is NOT!


4. Real URL obviously NOT WAMU.

 

" Washington Mutual is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of buyers and sellers..."

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 ...

 

Security Center Advisory!


Washington Mutual is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, Washington Mutual employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the Washington Mutual system for unusual activity.

We recently have determined that different computers have logged onto your Washington Mutual Online Banking account, and multiple password failures were present before the logons. We now need you to re-confirm your account information to us. If this is not completed by Feb 15, 2005 , we will be forced to suspend your account indefinitely, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner.

In order to confirm your Online Bank records, we may require some specific information from you.


Please follow the link below and renew your account information :


https://login.personal.wamu.com/logon/logon.asp?dd=1&Update&Your&Info

Thank you for your prompt 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 choise but to temporaly suspend your account.

Thank you for using Washington Mutual!



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