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Your ID has been stolen !
Date Reported: 8th April 2007
Risk Level: MEDIUM
Apparent Sender:
Visa
Return Address:
Visa Service Department < service@verified.visa.com >
Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Visa by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.
Visa never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.
The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Visa URL.
Email:
"Your Visa card has been accessed by third party:"
Dear VisaŽ customer,
Your Visa card has been accessed by third party:
Country: United Kingdom
Type: Fraud
Time: 2007.04.08
You have been sent this information because the records of Visa Corporate indicate you are a current or former Visa card holder.To
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Thank you for your support.
Visa Service Department