Please update your AOL account information now.

Another Spoof Email and Phishing Scam report by MillerSmiles.co.uk - click this image to go to our home page.

Please update your AOL account information now.
28th February 2005

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

Report Summary
Date Reported	28th February 2005
Apparent Sender	AOL
Return Address	gmail-services.com < y s36nt51@web07.ahp.ftl.affinity.com >
Subject	Please update your AOL account information now.
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://update.rx9.us/
RISK LEVEL	MEDIUM
WARNINGS	1. Email claims to be from AOL 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. AOL never send users emails requesting details in this way. 3. URL of spoof website disguised as "http://billing.aol.com". 4. Real URL looks nothing like AOL! 5. Website traced to Singapore.

" Dear valued AOL member, It has come to our attention that your billing informations are out of order. "

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 ...

Dear valued AOL member,
It has come to our attention that your billing informations are out of order. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records so you will not run into any future problems with the online service.

However, any failure in updating your records will result an account suspension. Please update your records before the 30th January 2005.

Once you have updated your account records your AOL session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal . Failure to update will result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future problems.
To update your AOL records Click here .
http://billing.aol.com .

Sincerely,
AOL Security Department Assistant,
Richard John.

The Spoof Website ...

Spoof website not online at time of report...


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Please update your AOL account information now. 28th February 2005

Please update your AOL account information now.
28th February 2005