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AOL Billing Center: Urgent! Method Of Payment Failed!
21st December 2004

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

Report Summary
Date Reported	21st December 2004
Apparent Sender	AOL
Return Address	AOL Recettes <yastick71@aol.com>
Subject	AOL Billing Center: Urgent! Method Of Payment Failed!
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://cuisine.aol.fr/cuisine/Srecette_Identifiant?uid=6589
RISK LEVEL	MEDIUM
WARNINGS	1. Email claims to be from AOL 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. AOL never send users emails requesting details in this way. 3. Email is all text - not very professional... 4. URL disguised by line of text: " AOL Billing Center: Urgent! Method Of Payment Failed! " 5. Some versions of this scam seem to fill in all the white space with white, invisible letter 'G's 6. URL of spoof website very similr to real AOL

"Dear Member, We've been having difficulty processing this month's billing statement due to the current credit card on record for this AOL account."

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 Member,

We've been having difficulty processing this month's billing statement due to the current credit card on record for this AOL account. In order to update our records with the accurate information and ensure the legitimacy of this member account, we ask that you login to our secure AOL Billing Center at AolTransaction.Com now and verify the information requested. We thank you for your cooperation in this matter and assure you everything is being done to prevent any further service interruption.

AOL Support Team
America Online, Inc.

AOL Billing Center: Urgent! Method Of Payment Failed!

The Spoof Website ...

Spoof website not online at time of report...


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AOL Billing Center: Urgent! Method Of Payment Failed! 21st December 2004

AOL Billing Center: Urgent! Method Of Payment Failed!
21st December 2004