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Breadbeard
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 10
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Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:00 am |
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Apologies if this has already been covered. I did try a search but it proved rather fruitless.
I've been contacted by the 'Bank of America' stating the following:
Dear Bank of America Customer,
During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures,
we have detected a slight error in your account information.
To securely confirm your personal information please click on the link bellow:
http://www.bankofamerica.com/sas/sitekey/profile/step1.htm
Confirm Your Bank of America Account and SiteKey now to enjoy the benefits of
online banking and finance to avoid identity theft and fraudulent activities on
your account.
Note: We will be upgrading our yearly SSL EncryptedServer to prevent fraudulent
activity.
2007 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.
Of course, I've never had a profile on their site, in fact I've never had any contact whatsoever with the BOA, so I know this is a scam.
However, I can't understand what they're hoping to achieve. The link goes to what I believe is the official BOA site but to a page that doesn't exist.
Anyone have any info on this one and how it can be handled?[/i] |
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Don
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Posts: 3045
Location: Italy, 87.2.222.132
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Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:17 am |
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Moved here, most ordinary phishing mail. I'm always happy to hear from people who don't get 300 of them a day and have never heard of phishing. I wish I was one of them.
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Breadbeard
Hello I'm New here!
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Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:28 am |
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Yeah, I guessed it was phishing, just not a particularly good example (i.e. sending potential victims to a missing page at the actual bank).
Is this worth pursuing? |
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Don
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 May 2004
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Location: Italy, 87.2.222.132
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Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:57 am |
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Breadbeard wrote: |
sending potential victims to a missing page at the actual bank |
That wouldn't make sense, would it? The link you quoted above wasn't the actual link in your phishing mail. Every phishing mail will work like this: www.hardcoreporn.com |
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