" Dear Citibank Member, This email was sent by the Citibank server to verify your e-mail address. You must complete this process by clicking on the link below "...

This spoof Citibank email (see image below) is in HTML format (although it does look like a text only email in order add a sense of authenticity to the link text). The link in the email has been disguised using HTML code to look like a genuine link to the Citibank web site and it has been further coded to exploit the URL Spoofing bug in Internet Explorer browsers (test your browser - see link on right).

Using that link will open a bogus Citibank web page of which the true URL is http://66.84.34.87/Bank/Bank/verify.html which resolves to web space owned by jumpline.com (USA).

Any information submitted is processed through a script located on the same server as the bogus content.

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 ...