Phishing Scam Fail!
by Administrator Andrew on Aug.28, 2010, under Personal, Technical
Got An Email Tonight From “Standard Bank” and I expected a fully graphical scam phishing email, but instead I got this – the HTML code of that graphical email instead. I think they must have accidentally set it to plain text instead of HTML. Here’s a copy of the message below. (Please Do Not Visit The Links In This Post, They’re Phishing Links)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Message-Id: <20100827123009.81EC015F4128@S01.webspace24.de>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:30:09 +0200 (CEST)
Return-Path: web179@01.webspace24.de
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Aug 2010 12:31:54.0805 (UTC) FILETIME=[D5436E50:01CB45E3]
<P>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=506
border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top align=left width=496>
<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width=167
border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD width=100><IMG height=42 src=”
http://mycard.standardbank.co.za/Images/standardbank_logo.png” width=205
border=0></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD height=10> </TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top><SPAN><FONT
size=2><STRONG>Dear Customer:
</STRONG><BR><BR></FONT></SPAN>
<DIV class=style4 align=justify><SPAN
class=style2><FONT size=2>Your trust in us is our most valuable asset. This is why your security and that of your personal information are priorities, be it while using our services via the Internet or at an automated teller machine (ATM)<BR><BR>We added an extra layer of security to protect you from Identity theft and Online transfer not initiated by you. So that your Online banking will be fully protected against fraud and Identity theft
</FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN
class=style2><BR><FONT size=2>Kindly Update Your Account For Extra Security<BR></FONT><A href=”
https://mysec.standardbank.co.za/securityupgrade.aspx/webscr/_submit”>
<BR></A></SPAN>
<CENTER class=style4><A target=”_blank”
href=”http://standardbank.co.za.motorprimitives.com/standardbank-upgrade/index.html”
><SPAN class=style2><FONT
size=2>
https://mysec.standardbank.co.za/securityupgrade.aspx/webscr/_submit</FONT></SPAN></A>
</CENTER><SPAN class=style5><BR><BR><FONT
size=2>Sincerely, <BR>Standard Bank <BR>Customer Care
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=style2><BR><FONT size=2>
<HR>
</FONT></SPAN>
So yea – effective phishing mail – NOT!
