Account update request

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Account update request
21st December 2004

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

Report Summary
Date Reported	21st December 2004
Apparent Sender	WAMU
Return Address	management@wamu.com <management@wamu.com>
Subject	Account update request
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.nibor.se/~robin/login.personal.wamu.com/Confirm.htm?
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 Milton, Australia. 4. URL disguised by a clickable image button.

"Dear Washington Mutual member, During our regular update and verification of the Online Banking Systems, we could not verify your user information."

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 member,
During our regular update and verification of the Online Banking Systems, we could not verify your user information. Either your information has been changed or entered incompletely, and as a result your access to our services has been limited. Please update your information by following the link below.

To update your account information and start using our services please click on the link below:

Note: Requests for information will be initiated by Washington Mutual Business Development; this process cannot be externally requested through Customer Support.

Sincerely,
WashingtonMutual.com
Security Department

The Spoof Website ...


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Account update request 21st December 2004

Account update request
21st December 2004