Phishing Scams and Phishing Reports at MillerSmiles.co.uk

     
 
Home
Search
Archives
News
Submit Scam
Articles
F.A.Q.
Forum
About Us
Contact Us
Links
 


 

02 Update

O2


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 16th January 2013 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM-HIGH Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 02 Update
Apparent Sender:
 O2 Whats this?
Return Address:
 Not found Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://www.o2.co.uk/help
  Whats this?
Anchor text of URLs:
 1) www.o2.co.uk/help Whats this?
Location:
 SLOUGH, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 21343-381598-911611
 
Comments:
  • Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at O2 by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.


  • O2 never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.


  • The anchor text appears as a legitimate URL, but don't be fooled - clicking on it will take you to a phishing site!


     
Content
 
 
Dear customer

 

Dear customer,
 

You can check on the progress of your
account by visiting
www.o2.co.uk/accountupdate/online.html
We may email you with further updates on the
progress of your account.
Please visit
http://www.o2.co.uk/accountupdate/online.html
for more information
on your account, changes to your bill and
your new terms and conditions.
Thanks for choosing to stay with O2.
regards,

O2 customer service
Ple...


 
Website:    
 
 
  See our most recent scam reports Browse our scam report archives Search


Please send us any scam/phishing emails you have received by reporting them here

For access to our huge blacklist of domain names and to sign up to our live feed of ALL the scams we receive please take a look at our Honeytrap service

If you have received the email below, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content, such as a different subject or return address, or with the fake webpage(s) hosted on a different webserver.

We aim to report every variant of the scams we receive, so even if it appears that a scam you receive has already been reported, please submit it to us anyway.