Spotted Hyena ([info]spottedhyena) wrote,
@ 2008-03-07 07:35:00
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Current music:Jethro Tull--Crazed Institution

Metaphishing
Important warning regarding your Moneybookers account

Dear customer,

We would like to inform you that Moneybookers.com has been subject to recent phishing attacks. As a result you
may have received spoof emails with the heading "account suspended" or "urgent attention required". Please be
aware that these are fraudulent messages sent by online criminals who wish to obtain your sensitive data, such as Moneybookers password, credit card number, etc, by collecting them via phishing websites which impersonate Moneybookers.com.
Any customers who have confirmed their login data at these phishing sites have made it possible for hackers to
access their Moneybookers accounts.

Following our Security Department investigations, we have found that you may have clicked on a link in a phishing
email. Therefore, as a security measure, your account has been temporarily suspended for outgoing transactions.
We would like to ask you to click the following link and fill the forms to confirm your identity with Moneybookers,
as our Security Department has found out access attempts which are most probably not authorised.


I have to admit that I admire the irony of phishing e-mail being disguised as a warning from a financial institution about phishing. Of course, the fact that I don't even have a Moneybookers account was a dead giveaway ;?)




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[info]akira114
2008-03-07 06:40 pm UTC (link)
So phishing has come to that level, huh?

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[info]spottedhyena
2008-03-08 12:11 pm UTC (link)
Unfortunately, yes.

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