Saturday, December 04, 2004

I just received a phishing email allegedly from WAMU. Of course, I don't have any accounts there. Here's what the message said:

Dear Washington Mutual customer,We recently reviewed your profile, and suspect that your bankaccount may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party.Protecting the security of your account and the Washington Mutual networkis our primary concern.We appreciate your assistance in helping usto maintain the integrity of the entire Washington Mutual system.As a security measure, we have temporarilylimited access to sensitive Washington Mutual account features.Please take 5 minutes out of your online experience and renew yourrecords and you will not run into any future problems with the online service.However, failure to update your profile will result in account deletation.For more information about how to protect your account, please visitWashington Mutual Security Page - Notification expires on December 10, 2004.Once you have updated your account records your internet bankingservice will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Please follow the link below and renew your personal information. https://login.personal.wamu.com/logon/logon.asp?dd=1
Washington Mutual Internet Banking

The spoofed email sender was personal banking@erms - 02.wamu.com (I broke it up to prevent a link from forming).


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