Phishing Scam Uses FDIC As Bait
Don Oldenburg reports in the Washington Post on a recent phishing scam that used spoofed email from the FDIC as bait.
The spam had an authoritative letterhead and tone, and stated that Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge had advised the FDIC to suspend deposit insurance on the recipient's bank account due to suspected violations of the USA Patriot Act. To reactivate the insurance, the recipient had to verify personal information, including bank account numbers -- via the link that supposedly connected to the FDIC. The phony site mimicked the real FDIC home page.
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