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[mojocatt]

This is interesting. I just got a e-mail asking to me to update my US bank information. Problem is, I don't have a US Bank Account and even if I did, I just ain't that stupid. I changed the link to Disney in this post just so nobody misunderstands this.



Dear U.S. Bank valued member,


Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the online

banking community we have issued this warning message.


It has come to our attention that your account information needs

to be updated due to inactive members, frauds and spoof reports.

If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and renew

your records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.

However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.

This notification expires on April 30, 2004.


Once you have updated your account records your internet banking

service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.


Please follow the link below

and renew your account information.

U.S. Bank Internet Banking

The link originally took you to the IP address 61.221.243.26. This address belongs to Asia Pacific Network Information Centre in Milton Australia. Hmmm, a fraud spammer in a friendly nation, I am so going to try to ruin his day. I am sure US bank will be very interested in someone attempting to obtain US bank account information.



OrgName: Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
OrgID: APNIC
Address: PO Box 2131
City: Milton
StateProv: QLD
PostalCode: 4064
Country: AU

ReferralServer: whois: //whois.apnic.net

NetRange: 61.0.0.0 - 61.255.255.255
CIDR: 61.0.0.0/8
NetName: APNIC3
NetHandle: NET-61-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Allocated to APNIC
NameServer: NS1.APNIC.NET
NameServer: NS3.APNIC.NET
NameServer: NS4.APNIC.NET
NameServer: NS.RIPE.NET
NameServer: TINNIE.ARIN.NET
Comment: This IP address range is not registered in the ARIN database.
Comment: For details refer to the APNIC Whois Database via
Comment: WHOIS.APNIC.NET or http://www.apnic.net/apnic-bin/whois2.pl
Comment: ** IMPORTANT NOTE: APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry
Comment: for the Asia Pacific region. APNIC does not operate networks
Comment: using this IP address range and is not able to investigate
Comment: spam or abuse reports relating to these addresses. For more
Comment: help refer to http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/abuse
Comment:
RegDate: 1997-04-25
Updated: 2004-03-30

OrgTechHandle: AWC12-ARIN
OrgTechName: APNIC Whois Contact
OrgTechPhone: +61 7 3858 3100
OrgTechEmail: search-apnic-not-arin@apnic.net

Comments

Oh

[conandammit.livejournal.com]

I guess I better update my account.

Re: Oh

[mojocatt.livejournal.com]

Yes! It is very important that you get in contact with this person using a IP address in Australia about your U.S. Bank account.

Dear lord, how stupid can people be?

Re: Oh

[drunkencricket.livejournal.com]

What is so surprising about going to Australia to contact your U.S. Bank rep? NorthWest Airlines, American, and other united states airlines are sending customer support jobs to India, Taiwan, and Laos, why not send banks to Australia?

Hell, even the U.S. Superintendant of Documents (Government Printing Office) is privatizing printing for United States Government statistical information, and sending it overseas to be printed.

Outsourcing. Believe it. Those with the businesses believe in it.

Re: Oh

[mojocatt.livejournal.com]

Well, the person could really be anywhere. This is simply the IP address that the message came from. It is up to the owner of the IP address to figure out the rest.

Re: Oh

[emmasdad.livejournal.com]

why not send banks to Australia?

Because US Bank would never pay the money to outsource. Trust me on that.

(I'm only slightly disgruntled...)

[tartqueen.livejournal.com]

I got that too! My favorite part was that the date marker on it was January. My guess is that they are trying to make people panic thinking it got lost in the system, and now they need to rush to get this taken care of. Rushed people don't check things out first.

[mojocatt.livejournal.com]

Yah, the e-mail says I have two days to get the information submitted or my account will be suspended.

What account? Heh. Stupid fucker.

[drunkencricket.livejournal.com]

Contact the FCC with this information as well. They are trying hard to crack down on this sort of thing. They can't do it without help. (incidentally, I think that most of the banks know about this sort of thing happening, and are working with the FTC to educate people and prosecute those within the US that are perpetrating such schemes). But make much noise.

https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

[mojocatt.livejournal.com]

I dropped US Bank a line. I am sure they will be interested and follow up with the FCC.

[mojocatt.livejournal.com]

FTC that is.

Whats the problem?

[conandammit.livejournal.com]

I don't see what the problem here is? US Banks is trying to get people to update their bank accounts. I look upon it as a service.

Re: Whats the problem?

[mojocatt.livejournal.com]

Well, head on over there and give them all your account information. ;P

Australia, huh?

[emmasdad.livejournal.com]

That's funny, considering I know the exact building the USBank.com servers are located in.

Re: Australia, huh?

[mojocatt.livejournal.com]

And I am willing to bet that building is not located in Milton AU?

Re: Australia, huh?

[emmasdad.livejournal.com]

That's a very safe bet.

[dawny-darko.livejournal.com]

My mom got a similar one a year ago or so... It was a little more believable, it was from Paypal, had there logo and a link to thier site and everything. She figured it out because burried amongst everything it basically said that if you didn't do it, you would never be able to use paypal again....

[sweetalice.livejournal.com]

I've been getting emails purporting to be from ebay with alarming regularity.

The scariest one requested that I enter my ebay username, my password and my email password.

A few days later, a woman posted to one of my email lists and said that she'd received a phone call about the car that she was selling on ebay.

She was not selling a car on ebay, and this was just the first evidence that someone had not only hijacked her ebay account (complete with address, phone number, credit card information, etc.) but also her email account! Although she made no mention of "updating" her ebay account via email, I had my suspicions...