BT Account services Check - Service_BTinternet_Account Phishing Scams

Service_BTinternet_Account


Date Reported: 13th March 2012	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

BT Account services Check

Apparent Sender:

Service_BTinternet_Account

Return Address:

service_btinternet_account@btinternet.com

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=btin
ternet%20registration&source=web&cd=1&
vedCMQFjAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fregister.btinter
net.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fregisternow%2Fregister%2Froute
_3_index.html%3FdataStore%3D%2526e_ex%253D1%2526e_
produ

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Agree terms & conditions

Location:

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

Scam number:

20038-329653-724673

Comments:

Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Service_BTinternet_Account by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.

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

The spoof website this email links to was not online at time of this report, but variations of the scam which link to working websites are bound to exist, so be wary! The website may have been taken down or disabled by the hosts, but quite often these websites are hosted on the personal computer of the phishers, so may only be online at certain times.

ALL BT.COM ACCOUNT OWNERS,

WE ARE HAVING CONGESTIONS DUE TO THE
ANONYMOUS REGISTRATION OF BT.COM

ACCOUNTS SO WE ARE SHUTTING DOWN SOME BT.COM
ACCOUNTS AND YOUR ACCOUNT WAS AMONG THOSE TO
BE DELETED. WE ARE SENDING YOU
THIS EMAIL SO THAT YOU CAN VERIFY AND LET US
KNOW IF YOU STILL WANT TO USE THIS ACCOUNT.
IF YOU ARE STILL INTERESTED
PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR ACCOUNT BY FILLING THE
SPACE BELOW. YOUR USER NAME, PASSWORD, DATE
OF BIRTH AND YOUR COUNTRY
INFORMATION WOULD BE NEE...

Website:

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