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Cyber-crime worse than burglary
One in three people in Britain has been a victim of cyber-theft, online banking fraud at new levels in the United kingdom
If you are a victim
Call your Credit Card company and tell them that your account may be compromised (do everything that they tell you to do). If you had more than one card registered with the sites involved, you will have to call each and every one of them.
Call your bank tell them that your account details may have been compromised and how this occurred (do everything that they ask you to).
Change passwords on the relevant sites. If you cannot log into your accounts then the fraudsters may have already changed the passwords, go to the next step...
Email the web sites involved for eBay - spoof@ebay.com Not only should you tell them that your account may have been compromised, but you should also include the header and email which led to the problem. Important: the spoof email should be forwarded to spoof@ebay.com and not sent, that way they will get the full header and email, and you can still include a message.
Make a report to the Police (yes, even though it is a long winded and frustratingly time consuming process).
REPORTING SPOOF/PHISHING EMAILS.
It has been brought to our attention that some of our customers have received a spoof/Phishing email. The Spoof email is a deceptive email claiming to be sent by Rubens Menswear. Called "spoof emails" they are also known as "hoax" or "phisher" emails.
Unfortunately spoof and Phishing emails claiming to be from many popular shopping web sites and banks are sent to unsuspecting people everyday. Please be reassured that your credit card details have NOT been compromised on our secure server, the criminals involved in this scam are trying to trick you in to sending them because they do not have access to them. If you have received any such email, we offer our sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused. We have informed the Police and all necessary procedures are being implemented to prevent anymore emails being sent.
Do not reply to any email with sensitive information such as credit card details.
Crimeware and Crimeware-Spreading URL Stats
Break All Records
Stats Show Redoubled Effort By Criminal Enterprises to Infect Desktops
Spot fake PayPal emails
Fake emails are getting more sophisticated. Phishing for you card details resulting in your identity theft catches out around 5 percent of readers.
The sender is a shark involved in criminal activity just don't take the bait!
What is Iconix eMail ID?
Iconix eMail ID is a free tool that enables you to identify legitimate PayPal emails, helping to protect you from phishing
Use the free Iconix eMail ID service to check if the emails you receive are for real. Iconix is available on Hotmail, Yahoo!, Microsoft Outlook and other widely used systems.
Dear Hsbc Bank user,
Thank you for using HSBC Banking Online Transfer® - service.
In order to provide final approval for your transaction, we need additional information. Please access your online banking account to verify the information is correct and complete your enrollment.
If we do not hear from you within the next 24 hours, we will cancel your Online Transfer® service.
Click here for online banking
If you have questions, please visit our website at https://www.hsbc.co.uk
Thank you for using © Hsbc Bank!
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DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT US.
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This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. Please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email
Not getting stopped by MessageLabs this morning
However stopped by Mozilla Thunderbird as a scam
A dangerous in the wild example
Activity 13th October
Message title was:
You have (1) new Message
Phishing for online banking details and possible Identity Theft
Activity 12th December
Message title was: Enter our Christmas competition for a Bentley Continental GT Diamond Series!
Dangerous attachment
Barclays.htm
For security reasons we have sent this message as an attachment file.
This measure has been adopted to prevent personal information theft and data loss.
Please do not reply to this e-mail.Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
For assistance,log in to your Barclays account and choose the “Help” link in the footer of any page.
To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML,update your preferences.
Barclays Bank PLC Registered in England. Registration No: 1026167. Registered Office: 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP.
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This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System.
Warning not getting stopped by the filter on 11th December
A dangerous in the wild example that has an attachment
This attachment takes you to ccpp.org.ec which attempts to download file automatically onto your computer.
Current activity
20th - 22nd February
Security Upgrade complete
Security Upgrade complete - what absolute rubbish do not fall for that one.
Log in (disabled link to fraudulent web sites around the world)
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This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System.
For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email
Not getting stopped by the filter this weekend
What a flood in the inbox this week end gone, all about the security updated system now being complete and pointing to fake sites across the world.