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Online banking issue
18th June 2004

please forward any scams you've received to spoof@millersmiles.co.uk


Report Summary
Date Reported
18th June 2004
Apparent Sender
Bank One
Return Address
spoof@bankone.com <spoof@bankone.com>
Subject
Online banking issue
Format
HTML
Method
disguised link leads to bogus web content
Bogus Web Content?
Yes
URL of web content
http://afterburner.vosn.net/~gvk/cgi-bin/.bankone/ - traced to web space in Denver, USA.
RISK LEVEL
Medium
WARNINGS

1. The link in the email is disguised using HTML code, and the link text is not represetative of where you will arrive if you use that link.

 

" Dear Bank One valued member , Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the online banking community we have issued this warning message."...

 

If you have received this email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.

 

The Spoof Email ...

Dear Bank One valued member ,

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the online
banking community we have issued this warning message.

It has come to our attention that your account information
needs to be updated due to frauds and spoof reports.
If you could please take 1-5 minutes out of your online experience and renew
your records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your records will result in account deletation.
This notification expires on June 20, 2004.

Once you have updated your account records your internet banking
service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

Please follow the link below
and renew your account information.


https://www.bankone.com/bank/BolLogin.aspx


BANK ONE CORPORATION

 

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