OfficiaI Information For CIient Of CitiBank

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OfficiaI Information For CIient Of CitiBank
9th September 2004

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Report Summary
Date Reported	9th September 2004
Apparent Sender	Citibank
Return Address	CITI <identdep_op9083@citibank.com>
Subject	OfficiaI Information For CIient Of CitiBank
Format	HTML
Method	Spoof email links to a spoof webpage where victim is prompted to enter 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://64.162.233.81:87/cit/ Traced to a server in Riverside, Europe. Link is disguised by being embedded in an image.
RISK LEVEL	MEDIUM
WARNINGS	1. Email informs victim they need to 'confirm their details'. Link leads to spoof webpage where details are captured are forwarded to a local script. 2. Citibank never send users emails requesting details in this way. 3. The real Citi page is loaded behind the spoof page (which appears in a popup window) to make the spoof page seem more genuine.

" Dear Citibank customer, Recently there have been a large number of identity theft attempts targeting CitiBank customers. "

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.

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OfficiaI Information For CIient Of CitiBank 9th September 2004

OfficiaI Information For CIient Of CitiBank
9th September 2004