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WAMU NEWS - System maintenance, Update your WAMU PersonalBanking
19th November 2004

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Report Summary
Date Reported
19th November 2004
Apparent Sender
WAMU
Return Address
WAMU Personal Banking < Customers@WAMU.com >
Subject
WAMU NEWS - System maintenance, Update your WAMU PersonalBanking
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://www.motolegend.org/modules/onlinebanking.personal.wamu.com/AccountServices/wamu.verification.aspdd=1.php

RISK LEVEL
MEDIUM
WARNINGS

1. Email claims to be from WAMU asking you to confirm your account. Link takes you to spoof login page. If you try to login your details will be captured and forwarded buy a script to the scammers.

2. WAMU never send users emails requesting details in this way.

3. Spoof website traced to a server in New York, USA.

4. URL disguised as http://onlinebanking.personal.wamu.com/

 

" We are performing system maintenance, wich may interfere with access to your Online Services. "...

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 ...

We are performing system maintenance, wich may interfere with access to your Online Services. Due to these technical updates your online account has been deactivate and you need to update your address. Go to Internet Banking by clicking this link, verify your identity as a customer of WAMU and your online account access will be updated by our system.


1. Go to http://onlinebanking.personal.wamu.com/
2. Enter your ATM/Visa Check Card Number and your PIN there.
3. Complete all the fields on the page.
4. After your verification process is completed your account will be updated and you will be able to access your account again .

Our goal is to have Internet Banking available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but Internet Banking may be unavailable during the following times for scheduled systems maintenance: Sunday: 12:00am - 6:15am Eastern Time.

We regret any inconvenience this may cause you.

Protect yourself against fraud. Washington Mutual will never ask customers for their Password or PIN through e-mail or phone calls.


The Spoof Website ...

Website was unavailable at time of report, but likely to closely resemble the real WAMU page at www.wamu.com.

 
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