Account Verification Process

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Account Verification Process
29th November 2004

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Report Summary
Date Reported	29th November 2004
Apparent Sender	Smith Barney
Return Address	Citigroup Smith Barney Customer Support <online1913817@smithbarney.com>
Subject	Account Verification Process
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://210.127.248.80/login/index.php
RISK LEVEL	MEDIUM
WARNINGS	1. Email claims to be from Smith Barney 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. Smith Barney never send users emails requesting details in this way. 3. URL traced to a server in Seoul, South Korea. 4. URL disguised as: https://www.smithbarney.com/cgi-bin/login/login.cgi?redir=s 5. Spoof URL looks secure (https) but is not. So any information you enter there will be sent across the internet unencrypted, as well as straight into the hands of the phishers.

" SmithBarney Citigroup, is committed to maintaining a safe environment for our customers. To protect the security of your account, SmithBarney Citigroup..."

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 Customer,

SmithBarney Citigroup, is committed to maintaining a safe environment for our customers. To protect the security of your account, SmithBarney Citigroup, employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the Citibank system for unusual activity.

We are contacting you to remind you that on Nov. 28, 2004 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with SmithBarney's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved.

We encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore your account access as soon as possible. Allowing your account access to remain limited for an extended period of time may result in further limitations on the use of your account and possible account closure.Visit now log on page and sign to account verification process:

https://www.smithbarney.com/cgi-bin/login/login.cgi?redir=s

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,
SmithBarney Citigroup, Account Review Department.

The Spoof Website...


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Account Verification Process 29th November 2004

Account Verification Process
29th November 2004