Your MSN account is a near to be closed

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

Your MSN account is a near to be closed
23rd November 2004

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

Report Summary
Date Reported	23rd November 2004
Apparent Sender	MSN
Return Address	MSNBilling Dep < webAccess@msn.net >
Subject	Your MSN account is a near to be closed
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.msn-manager.com
RISK LEVEL	MEDIUM
WARNINGS	1. Email claims to be from MSN 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. MSN never send users emails requesting details in this way. 3. URL traced to a server in Melbourne, Australia. 4. URL disguised as: https://start.msn.com/track?billing 5. URL looks secure (https) but is not - any information you enter will be sent unencrypted across the web, as well as straight into the hands of the phishers.

" Darling MSN services user, During one of our regular automated verification procedures we've encountered a problem caused by the fact that we could not verify the data that you provided to us. "

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 ...

Darling MSN services user,
During one of our regular automated verification procedures we've encountered
a problem caused by the fact that we could not verify the data that you provided to us.
Please, give us the following information so that we could fully verify your identity.
Otherwise your access to MSN services will be closed .

To verify your info please follow this link https://start.msn.com/track?billing

Thank you for using MSN Services.
MSNBill Support.
© 2004 MSN. All rights reserved, Redistribution prohibited.

The Spoof Website...

Spoof website not online at time of report, but likely to resemble the login page at www.msn.com.


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Your MSN account is a near to be closed 23rd November 2004

Your MSN account is a near to be closed
23rd November 2004