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Regions Bank: Urgent Security Notification
For Client

Regions


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 9th March 2005 Whats this? Risk Level: HIGH Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 Regions Bank: Urgent Security Notification For Client
Apparent Sender:
 Regions Whats this?
Return Address:
 Regions Bank < custservice_ref_328115@regions.com > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://66.196.234.70/r Whats this?
Location:
 Unknown Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-95
 
Comments:
  • Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Regions by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.


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


  • 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 spoof website this email links to contains a virus that will be downloaded onto your computer. The virus is called Stealus A and is a Trojan.


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Regions URL.


  • 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
 
 
 
"Dear client of the Regions Bank, Technical services of the Regions Bank are carrying out a planned software upgrade."


 
Website:    
 
SPOOF WEBSITE CONTAINS A VIRUS - STEALUS A

 
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