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U.S.BANK Periodical Verification Procedure
1st July 2004

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Report Summary
Date Reported
1st July 2004
Apparent Sender
US Bank
Return Address
antifraud@usbank.com <antifraud@usbank.com>
Subject
U.S.BANK Periodical Verification Procedure
Format
HTML
Method

Disguised link leads to bogus web content where login details are requested from a forged login page. (see image below) - the submitted form data is then captured by a local script.

Webspace traced to server in Logrono in northern Spain, Europe.

Bogus Web Content?
Yes
URL of web content
http://www.usbanksecure.info/internetBanking/
RequestRouter/DisplayLoginPage/
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 U.S Bank client, We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your U.S Bank account may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party."...

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 U.S Bank client,

We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your U.S Bank account may have
been accessed by an unauthorized third party.Protecting the security of your
account and of the U.S Bank network is our primary concern.

Therefore, as a preventative measure, we have temporarily limited access to sensitive
U.S Bank account features.Click the link below in order to regain access to
your account:

For more information about account protection , please visit U.S Bank
Security Center.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your
assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the entire U.S Bank system.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

The U.S BANK Security Department Team.

Please do not reply to this address , your reply will not be received .

 

The bogus web page...

 

 

 

 
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