Phishing Email Examples Trapped in April 2005
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Dear valued RegionsNET© member,

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the online banking community we have issued the following warning message.

It has come to our attention that your RegionsNET© bank account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and renew your records you will not run into any future problems with the online service. However, failure to confirm your records will result in your account suspension.

You can confirm your account records by logging in to your internet banking account. Once you have confirmed your account records your internet banking service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

To confirm your bank account records please click here.


Thank you for your time,
RegionsNET© Billing Department.

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Here is another example


Dear valued Charter® One member,

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the online banking community we have issued the following warning message.

It has come to our attention that your Charter® One account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and renew your records you will not run into any future problems with the online service However, failure to confirm your records may result in your account suspension.

Once you have confirmed your account records your internet banking service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

To confirm your bank account records please click here.

Note:
This e-mail was sent on behalf of the online banking community, if you do not have an online banking account with Charter® One then this message does not apply to you and you may ignore this message.


Thank you for your time,
Charter® One Billing Department.

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Here is another example

During our regular update and verification of the Internet Banking Accounts

During our regular update and verification of the Internet Banking Accounts , we could not verify your current information. Either your information has been changed or incomplete, as a results your access to use our service has been limited. Please update your information.

    Click on the link below to update your account information.

   https://www.southtrust.com/st/OnlineBanking/update/

 

Coding "http://222.150.167.55/SouthTrust/">https://www.southtrust.com/st/OnlineBanking/update/

Compare it to a real link listed here. Click it to see where it takes you.

"https://www.southtrust.com/st/PersonalBanking/"

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Here is another example. This one is one of the oldest and has many variations
 

From:MARK DAVIDSON CHAMBERS&ASSOCIATES

42 Adelabu street

Surulere Lagos-Nigeria

 

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

 

Dear Evans,

I am BARRISTER MARK DAVIDSON a solicitor at law. I am the personal Attorney To late Mr. Eric Evans ,a national of your country, who lived in Nigeria as a Realtor, Here in after shall be referred to as my client.On the 21st of April 1999, my client was involved in a car accident Along Sagbama express road. All occupants of the vehicle Unfortunately lost their lives. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge deposit was lodged. Particularly, the CITI BANK PLC where the deceased had an account valued at about US$9.8 million dollars Has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account Confiscated within the next twenty official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin Of the deceased since you have the same last name and from the same country so that the Proceeds of this account valued at US$9.8 million dollars can be paid to you. If you agree, we can discuss your percentage. I have all necessary Legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal Through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement That will protect you from any breach of the law. YOU CAN CONTACT ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL Thanking you for your urgent response. Awaiting your response.

Best regards, MARK DAVIDSON esq -- Укрпост - продвинутая почта. http://www.ukrpost.net/ IMAP POP3 NNTP RSSNews Unicode.

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