An Email with the Subject "URGENT!!! : Critical Online Banking Security Update" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:32:47 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as FNB Bank Security Department <notice@1.fnb.co.za>.
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 FNB Bank Customer,
Our Online banking Security team recently discovered a possible Critical
security flaw
on our online banking system, and your accounts are safe of course. but we
require
you to follow the simple instructions given below for security reasons
We would want you to follow the following steps to secure your online
banking account.
1. Immediately Login to