This one got past the spam filters and wound up in my inbox. It had all the pretty pictures of the bank of america , some guy typing on a lap top, the whole nine yards.
Security Update Notification
Because of unusual number of invalid login attempts on you account, we had to believe that, their might be some security problem on you account.
We'll start by mentioning that I don't have an account with the bank of america, just to get things rolling.
So we have decided to put an extra verification process to ensure your identity and your account security.
Please click on continue to the verification process and ensure your account security. It is all about your security.
Thank you.
Continue To Online Banking
When you pass your mouse over the link , a nice tool tip pops up saying "www.bankofamerica.com".
When you tearapart the html and examine where that link really goes .. it's not heading for that. It's going to www.lucrablog.com/... some big long thing
lucra = money , by the way , so it's probably some paid log site. Heck, why don't I just pull that up ?
Bummer. It's all in french. But it's definately NOT bank of america and I suppose that is enough.
This is a con job. Not just spam, but out right criminal activity of the sort known as Phishing. You can bet anyone answering this message is going to find their bank accounts cleaned out and their credit cards maxed out the next day.
Well...I needed something to blog about today anyways.
My advice to all who receive such emails and you think it might be valid (ie: you might actually have an account at the place specified) is simply to phone them. don't mess around with online forms. Phone them.
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WHOIS information for lucrablog.net:
[whois.namesecure.com]
Registrant:
AGATE Ben
Nouveau Net Inc.
187, Sainte-Catherine Ouest
Montréal, Québec H2X3X5
CA
(hmmm... that doesn't look like an american address...)
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