A Scam Email with the Subject
"Verify Your Online Banking Access Update"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:40:16 -0800 and has been classified as a
Generic Scam.
The sender was
Regions Bank <Service@regionsbank.com>,
although it may have been spoofed.
Scam Tag Cloud
bankverificationaccountcustomerserviceaccessprocesscustomverifyonlineonline bankbank nregions bank tregions bankn regions bank userreference will securitydearhttp://www.regionsbank.co...
NO CHART DATA - EMAIL HAS NOT YET BEEN ANALYSED
Scam Email Headers
This a (redacted) view of the raw email headers of this scam email. Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate agencies.
return-path:
<webmaster@worldispnetwork.com>
envelope-to:
scams@HUN1P0T
delivery-date:
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:40:16 -0800
date:
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:40:01 P0800
subject:
Verify Your Online Banking Access Update
to:
scams@HUN1P0T
from:
Regions Bank <Service@regionsbank.com>
mime-version:
1.0
content-type:
text/html
content-transfer-encoding:
8bit
message-id:
<TREVISOG0anlzmUR7BE00001061@treviso>
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Due to recent upgrades of our security system,
we
have observed that some of our customers have been unable to access
their account via our online banking service. This problem was
brought
to our attention by a number of customers who where affected. We
therefore issued this notice to all our customers as a guide to
reactivating their access to our online banking service. We advice
all our
customers to take part in this exercise in order to forestall similar
problems in the future.
Please proceed with this exercise by clicking
on
the link below. You will be required to verify your identity by
providing us with some information. Once you scale through this
verification process, your online access will be reactivated. Please
follow the reference to begin:
