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Email title: Your Account Status Notice!
Date reported: Wednesday 4th June, 2008
Sender [return address]: customer.service.alerts@rbs.co.uk
Spoof website URL: http://busqueloaqui.com/terrenos/Login.html

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Comments: Several characteristics typical of a phishing email are apparent.

  1. Be wary of emails addressed to "Dear Valued Customer", "Dear Customer" or some other unfamiliar term
  2. Poor grammar and sentence construction
  3. We NEVER send emails asking customers to verify their secure online banking details. Any email asking you to 'verify your account' or 'confirm your sign in details', is certainly a scam
  4. Beware of links in emails. This phishing email has a log in button which has been disguised so it appears to be taking you to our genuine online banking log in page. In fact, it takes you somewhere different - a spoof website set up by the fraudsters to try and get you to hand over your details. Hovering your mouse pointer over the 'log in' button reveals the unfamiliar web address (URL) used by the fake site.


Email title: please update your account information
Date reported: Wednesday 4th June, 2008
Sender [return address]: Royal Bank of Scotland Group [Security@rbsdigital.com]
Spoof website URL: http://claim.co.kr/board/www.rbsdigital.com/www.rbsdigital.com/
Default.aspxCookieCheck=2007-T195904/

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Comments: Several characteristics typical of a phishing email are apparent.

  1. Be wary of emails addressed to "Dear Sir/Madam", "Dear Valued Customer" or some other unfamiliar term
  2. Poor grammar and sentence construction
  3. We NEVER send emails asking customers to verify or update their secure online banking details. Any email asking you to 'verify your account', 'update your account information' or 'confirm your sign in details', is certainly a scam
  4. Beware of links in emails. This phishing email has a link to a spoof website set up by the fraudsters to try and get you to hand over your details. The web address (URL) may look familiar (www.rbsdigital.com/...). However, hovering your mouse pointer over the link reveals the unfamiliar URL used by the fake site.
  5. When viewing the fake website, no secure padlock icon is visible in the web browser


Email title: RBS - Your RBS Bank Account Is Currently Unavailable
Date reported: Sunday 1st June, 2008
Sender [return address]: Royal Bank of Scotland Group [account.ownership@rbs.co.uk]
Spoof website URL: http://bruno.amann.club.fr//ba/templates/mosets_bluetree/img/Login.html

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Comments: Several characteristics typical of a phishing email are apparent.

  1. We NEVER send emails asking customers to verify their secure online banking details. Any email asking you to 'verify your account' or 'confirm your sign in details', is certainly a scam.
  2. Beware of links in emails. This phishing email has a 'ownership verification' button which has been disguised so it appears to be taking you to our genuine online banking login page. In fact, it takes you somewhere different - a spoof website set up by the fraudsters to try and get you to hand over your details. Hovering your mouse pointer over the 'log in' button reveals the unfamiliar web address (URL) of the fake site.