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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:09 pm

I just got this e-mail, in Spanish:

Quote:

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:29:02 -0800
Received: from nobody by spy.com with local (Exim 4.69)
(envelope-from <[email protected]>)
id 1NkHIT-0000yr-Ab; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:29:01 +0000
To: [email protected]
Subject: Aviso Importante
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
From: Mastecard <[email protected]>
To: Mastecard <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
X-Priority: 1
X-MSMail-Priority: High
X-Mailer: Widgets.com Server
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:29:01 +0000
X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report
X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - spy.com
X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - hotmail.com
X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [99 99] / [47 12]
X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spy.com
Return-Path: [email protected]
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Feb 2010 13:29:02.0946 (UTC) FILETIME=[54963C20:01CAB555]

To: [email protected]
Subject: Aviso Importante
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:29:01 +0000

Estimado Cliente:
Le informamos que estamos realizando verificaciones online para programar una base de datos organizada para habilitar un nuevo servicio de online-banking (transacciones en linea) para realizar compras, pagos, etc desde la comodidad de su hogar. Le solicitamos que verifique sus datos ingresando en www.masterconsultas.com/socios/ para que de esta manera nuestros ingenieros registren su persona en nuestra base de datos.

Translation would be:

Quote:

Dear customer:
We inform you that we are currently doing online checking to program an organized database to start a new online-banking service to do shopping, payments, etcetera, from the comfort of your home. We ask you to check your data entering www.masterconsultas.com/socios/ so our engeneers will register you in our database.

Of course, when you click the link you are directed to: http://wilky.org/e107/info.php

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:21 pm

This is not a 419 scam but rather a phishing attempt.

They want your username and password.

Report it here http://apwg.org

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:45 pm

Thanks!

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18313

Moved here from the fake sites forum.

Amanda, you may find this post helpful in learning a bit more about the difference between phishing and fake sites, it can be tricky to recognize the difference at first:

http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=720553#720553