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An Email with the Subject "Security Advisor" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:50:29 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "Wellsfargo Banking Group" <security@wellsfargo.com>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
Dear
Sir/Madam,
Wellsfargo Banking Group. always look
forward for the
high security of our clients. Some customers have been
receiving an
email claiming to be from Wellsfargo Banking Group advising
them to follow a link to
what appear to be a Wellsfargo Banking Group web site,
where they are prompted to
enter their personal Online Banking details. Wellsfargo
Banking Group is in no way
involved with this email and the web site does not belong
to
us.
Wellsfargo Bank=
ing
Group is proud to
announce about their new updated secure system. We updated
our new
SSL servers to give our customers a better, fast and secure
online
banking service.
Due to the recent update of the
servers, you
are requested to please update your account info at the
following
link.
*Important*
We
have asked few additional information which is going to be
the part
of secure login process. These additional information will
be asked
during your future login security so, please provide all
these info
completely and correctly otherwise due to security reasons
we may
have to close your account
temporarily.
J. S. =
Stansford
Security Advisor
Wellsfargo Banking
Group.
PLC.
Please do not reply to
this
e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
For
assistance,
log in to your Wellsfargo Banking Group account and choose the
"Help" link on
any page.
Wellsfargo Banking Group Email ID #
1009
Dear
Sir/Madam,
Wellsfargo Banking Group. always look
forward for the
high security of our clients. Some customers have been
receiving an
email claiming to be from Wellsfargo Banking Group advising
them to follow a link to
what appear to be a Wellsfargo Banking Group web site,
where they are prompted to
enter their personal Online Banking details. Wellsfargo
Banking Group is in no way
involved with this email and the web site does not belong
to
us.
Wellsfargo Bank=
ing
Group is proud to
announce about their new updated secure system. We updated
our new
SSL servers to give our customers a better, fast and secure
online
banking service.
Due to the recent update of the
servers, you
are requested to please update your account info at the
following
link.