Online Alert: online account is limited - Bank of the West Phishing Scams

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Online Alert: online account is limited

Date Reported: 15th May 2005

Risk Level: MEDIUM

Apparent Sender:

Bank of the West

Return Address:

Online Account Support < etimebanker@bankofthewest.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://211.57.26.2/SITE/

Location:

Korea

Detailed server information:

211.57.26.2 detailed server information

Comments:

Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Bank of the West by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.

Bank of the West never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The REAL URL of the spoof website is hidden by a hyperlinked image in the body of the email. This is a technique used to get past spam filters that can only read normal text.

The spoof website this email links to was not online at time of this report, but variations of the scam which link to working websites are bound to exist, so be wary! The website may have been taken down or disabled by the hosts, but quite often these websites are hosted on the personal computer of the phishers, so may only be online at certain times.

The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Bank of the West URL.

Email:

"If access to your banking account remains limited for an extended period of time, it may result in further limitations or account closure."

Website:

Spoof website not online at time of report...

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