[Coco] Re: Another fraud to wwatch for

[James C. Hrubik, Sr.]

Those things are actually kind of funny, sometimes.  The guys who send 
them out should sue their English teachers for doing such a rotten job. 
  I just got one today that said (in part):

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If you will fail to confirm your identity within the next 48 hours,
your account will be suspended until further notice.

Please follow the link below and confirm your account information:
                 https://upibbiz.unionplanters.com/upib/

This instruction has been sent to all bank customers and is obligatory 
to fallow.

Thank you,

Customer Support Service.

Union Planters Bank Service Member FDIC
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That's a direct cut and paste of the message.  The link had

<a href="http://66.221.70.88/UnionPlanters/index.html">
<font color="#FF0000">https://upibbiz.unionplanters.com/upib/</font></a>

in the raw source; they don't seem to need to use Java to spoof the 
link.

On Friday, April 1, 2005, at 09:16  PM, Dave Kelly wrote:

> Torsten Dittel wrote:
>>> This is not foolproof, but is a good first step in
>>> determining if the message is a spoof.
>> It's just a single line of Java-Script within the html code to change
>> the status line to whatever you want.
>> Just to complete your warning, Steve.
> I just got another scam request.
> I got a message asking me to update my information because of 
> inactivity at Regions Bank.  I've never had an account at Regions 
> Bank. I don't think I've ever been inside one although there is one 
> here in Magnolia.
>
> Dave
> ps   I think I'll go fishing while their phishing.
>

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