Notification from Washington Mutual Bank

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Notification from Washington Mutual Bank
13th December 2004

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Report Summary
Date Reported	13th December 2004
Apparent Sender	WAMU
Return Address	Washington Mutual Administrator < administrator@wamu.com >
Subject	Notification from Washington Mutual Bank
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://64.37.114.131/mojolists/twink.php
RISK LEVEL	MEDIUM
WARNINGS	1. Email claims to be from WAMU 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. WAMU never send users emails requesting details in this way. 3. Website traced to Houston, USA. 4. This is a very simple text only email, littered with bad grammar and spellings, a sure sign of a scam.

" Dear Washington Mutual customer, Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity og the online banking community we have issued this warning message."

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 Washington Mutual customer,

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity og the online banking community we have issued this warning message. It has come to our attention that your account information needs to be update due to inactive members, frauds and spoof reports. If you could please take 5-10 minuts out of your online experience and renew your records you will not run into any future problem with the online service. However, failure to verify your records will result in account blocked. Once you have verifed your account records your internet banking services will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

Please follow the link bellow and renew your account information:

https://login.personal.wamu.com/logon/logon.asp?dd=1

For assistance, log in to your Washington Mutual account and choose the "Help" link in the header of any page.

Best Regards, Washington Mutual Administrator

The Spoof Website ...


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Notification from Washington Mutual Bank 13th December 2004

Notification from Washington Mutual Bank
13th December 2004