What To Avoid This Month
I. Email from people trying to get you to divulge private details
These are often trying to steal your identity (and your money)
I.1 Washington Mutual Bank - 'Unauthorized Access to Your Washington Mutual Account'
I.2 SouthTrust Bank - 'Notification From SouthTrust Online Banking'
I.3 Huntington Bank - 'Huntington Bank Security Update Notification'
I.4 Paypal - 'Unauthorized Access...'
I.5 MSN - 'Microsoft Network customer data verification'
I.6 KeyBank - 'SECURE YOUR ACCOUNT NOW'
I.7 Google - Email Lottery International
Details About Things To Avoid I. Email from people trying to steal your identity (and your money)
I.1 Washington Mutual Bank - 'Unauthorized Access To Your Washington Mutual Account'
The Bait: An email sent to you for Unauthorized Access to your account.
What it tries to make you do: Click on the link within the email.
Where you can see how it actually appears:
http://www.antiphishing.org/phishing_archive/02-24-05_Wamu/02-24-05_Wamu.html
I.2 SouthTrust Bank - 'Notification From SouthTrust Online Banking'
The Bait: Email stating that your account may have been accessed by someone else.
What it tries to make you do: Click on the suspect link.
Where you can see how it actually appears:
http://www.antiphishing.org/phishing_archive/02-22-05_SouthTrust/02-22-05_SouthTrust.html
I.3 Huntington Bank - 'Huntington Bank Security Update Notification'
The Bait: New payment security for the bank.
What it tries to make you do: click on the link within the email.
Where you can see how it actually appears:
http://www.antiphishing.org/phishing_archive/02-18-05_Huntington/02-18-05_Huntington.html
I.4 Paypal - 'Unauthorized Access...'
The Bait: An email that alerts you to unauthorized access to your PayPal account.
What it tries to make you do: Click on the link it provides
Where you can see how it actually appears:
http://www.antiphishing.org/phishing_archive/02-17-05_Paypal/02-17-05_Paypal.html
I.5 MSN - 'Microsoft Network customer data verification'
The Bait: Email sent to you to verify your information on your account.
What it tries to make you do: Click on the link within the email
Where you can see how it actually appears:
http://www.antiphishing.org/phishing_archive/02-15-05_MSN/02-15-05_MSN.html
I.6 KeyBank - 'SECURE YOUR ACCOUNT NOW'
The Bait: Create a secure code for access to KeyBank.
What it tries to make you do: Click on the picture link
Where you can see how it actually appears:
http://www.antiphishing.org/phishing_archive/02-08-05_Key/02-01-05_Key.html
I.7 Google - Email Lottery International
The Bait: Google Lottery Winner
What it tries to make you do: Reply to the email and take money from you.
Where you can see how it actually appears:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/google-lottery-scam.html
IV. Avoiding Phishing Scams: Tips from Fraud.org:
Information, tips and contact information for avoiding and reporting phishing.
http://www.fraud.org/tips/internet/phishing.htm
V. Email Worm Spoofing: Spoofing Explained:
Easy-to-understand information on how worms use spoofing to spread.
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-worm-spoofing.html
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