Fake Bank Website Used In 419 Scam
from the and-so-it-goes dept
The BBC is being unusually secretive in detailing the latest method used by so-called "419" free money scammers. They registered a domain name which was a variation on a UK bank that the bank itself hadn't registered. They then created a fake, but realistic looking bank site to go along with it, and let the victims view their "account" to see all the money they would never be getting their hands on. Oddly, the article never says which bank it is, though they say that bank has now taken possession of the domain name. The big "variation" was that the domain the scammers used included the word "the" before the name of the bank.
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Dear Sir/Madam,
We write to confirm reciept of a Payment Order with the Total Invoice Value of (79,500.00) of Proforma Invoice No:RR0604 Dated 04/13/ 2006.
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