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Update Your Account !

Potlatch No.1 FCU Bank


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 29th July 2007 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 Update Your Account !
Apparent Sender:
 Potlatch No.1 FCU Bank Whats this?
Return Address:
 < update@potlatchno1fcu.org > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://www.globetrotter-jr.info/ssl/www. potlatchno1fcu.org/ Whats this?
Location:
 CA, US Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-5330
 
Comments:
  • Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Potlatch No.1 FCU Bank by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.


  • Potlatch No.1 FCU Bank never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "https://homebank.potlatchno1fcu.org/signon.htm".


  • 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 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.


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Potlatch No.1 FCU Bank URL.
     
Content
 
 
 
"You have received this email because we have your strong reasons to believe that your Potlatch No.1 FCU Bank account had been recently compromised. "

Dear Potlatch No.1 FCU Bank Customer, valued :

You have received this email because we have your strong reasons to believe that your Potlatch No.1 FCU Bank account had been recently compromised. In order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation into this matter.

Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.

If your account information is not updated within the next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your Potlatch No.1 FCU Bank account has not been fraudulently used and to combat fraud.

Please login into your account at this link, which is a SSL secured connection: https://homebank.potlatchno1fcu. org/signon.htm

Regards,
Safeharbor Department
Potlatch No.1 FCU Bank, Inc.
 
Website:    
 
Spoof website not online at time of report...

 
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