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Washington Telephone Federal Credit Union
Multiple Password Failure

Washington Telephone Federal C


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 25th December 2005 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 Washington Telephone Federal Credit Union Multiple Password Failure
Apparent Sender:
 Washington Telephone Federal C Whats this?
Return Address:
 < service@wtfcu.org > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://www.moaclan.com/uploadfiles/index.html Whats this?
Location:
 TX, US Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-1831
 
Comments:
  • Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Washington Telephone Federal Credit Union by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.


  • Washington Telephone Federal Credit Union never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "http://www.wtfcu.org/verification/update/".


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Washington Telephone Federal Credit Union URL.
     
Content
 
 
 
"Washington Telephone Federal Credit Union is devoted to keeping a safe environment for its community of consumers and producers."

Washington Telephone Federal Credit Union is devoted to keeping a safe environment for its community of consumers and producers. To guarantee the safety of your account, Washington Telephone Federal Credit Union deploys some of the most advanced security measures in the world and our anti-fraud units regularly screen the Washington Telephone Federal Credit Union database for suspicious activity.

We recently have discovered that multiple computers have attempted to log into your Washington Telephone Federal Credit Union Online Banking account, and multiple password failures were presented before the logons. We now require you to re-validate your account information to us. If this is not completed by December 24, 2005, we will be forced to suspend your account indefinitely, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner.

In order to confirm your Online Bank records, we may require some specific information from you.

Click Here or on the link below to verify your account

http://www.wtfcu.org/verification/ update/

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporary suspend your account.

Washington Telephone Federal Credit Union Security Team
 
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