REPORT SUMMARY
Date Reported
13th December 2003
Apparent Sender
AOL
Subject
Billing Problem
(followed by a
case number and
the date sent)
Senders Address
(spoofed)
Not Supplied
Content
text and a
link to a fake
AOL
billing form page
(see images)
Spoofed Web page/site?
Yes
Web page/site
content
forged AOL Billing
page with web form
requiring AOL user
name & password,
name & address,
Bank & Credit or
Debit Card
details, etc
Web page/site origin
URL
http://
update-aol-
billing.cjb.net/
Identity Theft method
Web form information
is captured and
relayed to the
scammers via a CGI
script
form processing service
provided by
netfirms.com, while you
are sent to a
genuine AOL page
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Billing Problem Email Phishing Scam
13th December 2003
This AOL Billing Problem Email is a scam ...
This email is a ruse to get you to give up your name, address, AOL username, password, credit or debit card and bank details to scammers.
The email contains a link to a forged AOL billing form, where the above details are requested.
This fake AOL form is hosted by cjb.net (a free URL hosting or forwarding service).
Any information entered into this bogus AOL form is captured and sent on, using a form processing CGI script located at netfirms.com, to the scammers' Netscape email address - bitchyjew4u@netscape.net. This happens invisibly, and the user will only see a genuine AOL page upon completion.
We also found a message embedded in the code of the fake AOL page, which said " Official AOLBillingCenter LAST Version : July 25 2003. Sorry guys, this page is as good as it gets, i hope you enjoyed the ride :*( ". A somewhat cheeky note by the scammers which should remind us of the often sheer audacity of their scams.
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Please
remember that it
is very common for these email phishing 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. Be on your guard!
Take a good look at the following images, because this email phishing scam may be coming to an inbox near you!
The Email ...
The fake web page...
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