Re: CRIME An Interesting Spyware Scam to watch out for

From: James C. Bohem (james@private)
Date: Mon May 12 2003 - 10:17:52 PDT

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    Equally evil (to the gullible) piece of spam I received this morning
    is below. The page advertised looks just like the real BofA home page, 
    except (surprise) for the login mechanism...
    
    James Bohem
    
    > Received: from ip68-2-45-214.ph.ph.cox.net(68.2.45.214), claiming to be "compuserve.com"
    >  via SMTP by holycow.portland.or.us, id smtpda0019V; Mon May 12 09:00:06 2003
    > To: James <james@private>
    > From: custommersupport@private
    > Reply-To: custommersupport@private
    > Sender: custommersupport@private
    > X-Mailer: OutLook Express 3.14159
    > Subject: Security Server Update
    > MIME-Version: 1.0
    > Content-type: text/html; charset=Windows-1251
    > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
    > Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 9:00:11 -0700 (PDT)
    > Message-ID:  <200305120900.aa04712@private>
    > Status: OR
    > 
    > Dear Valued Customer,
    > - Our new security system will help you to avoid
    >   frequently fraud transactions and to keep your 
    >   deposited funds in safety.
    >  
    > - Due to technical update we recommend you to
    >   reactivate your account.
    > Click on the link below to login and begin using
    > your updated Bank of America account. 
    > To log into your account, please visit the Bank of 
    > America website at:
    > <a
    > href="http://198.173.235.126/index.htm">https://www.bankofamerica.com/index.html>
    > To review your statement, log into your Bank of
    > America 
    > account and click the eStatements & eNotices button 
    > in the left navigation of your Account Summary page.
    > Your new statement is listed in the left navigation
    > of the page.
    > If you have questions about your online statement,
    > please send us a Bank Mail or call us at 
    > 1-888-BKONWEB (256-6932). 
    > We appreciate your business. It's truly our 
    > pleasure to serve you.
    > Bank of America Customer Care
    > This email is for notification only. To contact us,
    > please log into your account and send a Bank Mail.
    



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