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| Thread ID: 62188 | 2005-09-29 22:48:00 | ASB Bankdirect phishing scam?? | Billy T (70) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 392097 | 2005-09-29 22:48:00 | Hi Team Just received an interesting email that looks awfully like a phishing expedition, in fact I am certain it is, because I am not a customer of Bankdirect . They appear to have linked genuine BD pages, but I can't see how they have spoofed the correct web address for the bank . Nothing shows in the headers (viewed in Mailwasher) so it looks like a genuine Bankdirect communication in all respects . View it Here ( . bankdlrect . co . nz/index_secure . asp/" target="_blank">www . bankdlrect . co . nz) if you are interested . Of course it could be genuine, but if I were a BD customer I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole . :stare: Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 392098 | 2005-09-29 22:57:00 | Well spotted direct is spelt dlrect Note the L instead of the i |
KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 392099 | 2005-09-29 23:04:00 | Yeah, I got that one this morning as well. Appears the domain name is registered to some dude in the States. I don't trust any email that comes from a bank like that, they just don't communicate with people that way. | Sb0h (3744) | ||
| 392100 | 2005-09-29 23:28:00 | The site seems to be down now. | somebody (208) | ||
| 392101 | 2005-09-29 23:42:00 | I get page not found when trying that link but thanks for the warning anyway, Billy, as BankDirect is my main bank . BankDirect do send the occasional informational emails so the less experienced customers might fall for a phishing scam, unfortunately . Would be interested in receiving a copy of the email if you still have it, Billy . |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 392102 | 2005-09-29 23:49:00 | 202.21.128.20 sharp eyes that man who spotted the incorrect spelling of bankdLrect !! |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 392103 | 2005-09-30 00:02:00 | . 21 . 128 . 20/photoserver/51/13531851_full . jpg" target="_blank">202 . 21 . 128 . 20 sharp eyes that man who spotted the incorrect spelling of bankdLrect !! Hear hear! It only shows up in that one solitary URL, all the others are correct throughout the phish, presumably they are spoofed . It just proves that even when deeply suspicious, we will still read what we expect to read . Fast action by ASB too . :thumbs: Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 392104 | 2005-09-30 00:26:00 | yep, I also got a copy of it (& I am not even a customer of Bankdirect!) | stu161204 (123) | ||
| 392105 | 2005-09-30 02:09:00 | Eagle eye Billy :thumbs: | Murray P (44) | ||
| 392106 | 2005-09-30 10:07:00 | Received an email from Bank Direct this evening warning of the scam circulating, with instructions not to click on the links but to delete it . Bank Direct also advised that they had "arranged for the fraudulent website to be removed" . After getting a look at it I have to say that the email is extremely authentic-looking and very much resembles one sent out by BD last December on the same topic . Unlike this phishing scam however, the genuine email did not contain any links to BD's website pages apart from one to their privacy policy . It is lucky the site was taken down so quickly otherwise there would definitely have been a lot of victims . |
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