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E*TRADE Financial: PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR DATA

E*Trade


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 20th January 2007 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM-HIGH Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 E*TRADE Financial: PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR DATA
Apparent Sender:
 E*Trade Whats this?
Return Address:
 E*TRADE financial < customerssupport_936725591940fx@etrade.com > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://global.etrade.com.memberstart_ ref43966282.bestpe.biz/member/ Whats this?
Location:
 Japan Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-4177
 
Comments:
  • Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at E*Trade by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.


  • E*Trade never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "http://global.etrade.com/memberstart_ ref073311/member".


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website is hidden by a hyperlinked image in the body of the email. This is a technique used to get past spam filters that can only read normal text.


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website has been chosen to look very similar to the actual E*Trade URL. Do not be fooled!


  • The entire email consists of nothing but an image that contains all of the body text and links to a spoof website. This is a technique used to get past spam filters that can read normal text but not images.
     
Content
 
 
 
"E*Trade Financial Protection Department requests you to start the member details confirmation procedure."


 
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