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Important - Internet Banking is about to get
even safer

first


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 12th February 2010 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 Important - Internet Banking is about to get even safer
Apparent Sender:
 first  Whats this?
Return Address:
 direct24hours@mail.firstdirect.com Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://www.ahad-ahad.com/firstdirect.onlineservice
 s/index.php
  Whats this?
Anchor text of URLs:
 1) first direct live - Internet Banking plus Whats this?
Location:
 Location not available Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 7867-103009-326367
 
Comments:
  • Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at first by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.


  • first 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.


     
Content
 
 
Bank of America Alert

SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION:

ONLINE SECURITY: KEEPING YOURSELF PROTECTED
- As you'd expect for a bank, we take
security very seriously indeed.
That's why we've helped to set up a special
website devoted to the subject. You might not
always be aware of it, but we
spend a lot of time in the background making
sure you're safe. Our security experts really
are the invisible heroes of
FIRST DIRECT - and they'll always be working
to make sure you're ke...



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