Re: CRIME Washington Mutual fishing mail

From: jerod@private
Date: Mon Jan 17 2005 - 13:58:27 PST


I've seen similar e-mails, and you can forward the e-mail as an attachment (to
retain original header information) to "spoof@private".


--Jerod Alexander







Quoting Gavin Redshaw <gavin@private>:

> I know fishing mails are old news, but one of my coworkers just received
> this one which is remarkable by how well worded it is and the lack of
> spelling errors (at least until the last but one sentence).
> 
> Someone at Washington Mutual may want to look into it...
> 
> 
> 
> ----------------------
> Gavin Redshaw
> VP Technology
> Infinity Softworks, Inc.
> Tel: (503) 690-3134 x223
> 
> The headers are as follows:
>   Status:  U
>   Return-Path: <camtease@private>
>   Received: from dell1.webair.com ([216.130.161.3])
>           by new.mail.atl.earthlink.net (EarthLink SMTP Server) with ESMTP
> id 1cPQbL3Ha3Nl3oX0
>           for <#########>; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:50:09 -0500 (EST)
>   Received: from dell1.webair.com (localhost.webair.com [127.0.0.1])
>           by dell1.webair.com (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j0FFo96J052849
>           for <#########>; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:50:09 -0500 (EST)
>           (envelope-from camtease@private)
>   Received: (from camtease@localhost)
>           by dell1.webair.com (8.13.1/8.12.11/Submit) id j0FFo9kk052845;
>           Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:50:09 -0500 (EST)
>           (envelope-from camtease)
>   Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:50:09 -0500 (EST)
>   Message-Id: <200501151550.j0FFo9kk052845@private>
>   To: #########
>   Subject: Notification from Washington Mutual Bank
>   From: Administrator <security@private>
>   Reply-To:
>   MIME-Version: 1.0
>   Content-Type: text/html
>   Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
>   X-ELNK-AV: 0
> 
> Body of mail follows:
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Washington Mutual Bank customer,
> 
> Washington Mutual Bank is committed to maintaining a safe environment for
> its community of buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your
> account, Washington Mutual Bank employs some of the most advanced security
> systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the
> Washington Mutual Bank system for unusual activity.
> 
> We recently have determined that different computers have logged onto your
> Washington Mutual Bank Online Banking account, and multiple password
> failures were present before the logons. We now need you to re-confirm your
> account information to us. If this is not completed by Jan 21, 2005, we will
> be forced to suspend your account indefinitely, as it may have been used for
> fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner.
> 
> In order to confirm your Online Bank records, we may require some specific
> information from you.
> Click here to verify your account
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that
> this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.
> 
> We apologize for any inconvenience.
> 
> If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to temporaly
> suspend your account.
> 
> Thank you for using Washington Mutual Bank!
> 
> 



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