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Old 03-21-2006, 09:09 AM   #1
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Take a look at that link to see how real it appears. DO NOT ENTER ANY INFORMATION! Unless it's bogus.

Clues that it isn't what it seems: The return address is admin@gmail.com. The actual sending host is 80.96.112.115, which isn't a chase computer and appears to be located in Romania. Finally, I don't have a chase account (and banks never send emails asking for account information anyway.)

I'm not sure the intent. It's either some kind of Denial of Service attempt...or they hacked the chase servers. Scary.
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Re: excellent phishing attempt
Old 03-21-2006, 09:11 AM   #2
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They're getting a lot better.

I get a bunch of "Fraud alerts" and "Your credit card has been suspended" warnings from the Bank of Hawaii. Good thing I don't have an account there!
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Old 03-21-2006, 09:16 AM   #3
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Re: excellent phishing attempt

The gremlins are getting braver. They had a go at the Federal Thrift Saving Plan. Probably a bad choice, I assume someone will be tracking down those phisers.
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Hmmm...maybe something got lost in the cut and paste of the url, because that page link above is verisign verified to belong to JP Morgan Chase...
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Old 03-21-2006, 02:51 PM   #5
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Hmmm...maybe something got lost in the cut and paste of the url, because that page link above is verisign verified to belong to JP Morgan Chase...
Exactly. It is indeed their server. The site was either hacked or...Chase is sending emails from Romania with a from: address of admin@gmail.com.


From: "Chase Manhattan"<admin@gmail.com>

Received: from [80.96.112.115] (helo=User)
by semnai.site5.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52)
id 1FLe4m-0005fF-Rw; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 05:26:57 -0500

traceroute 80.96.112.115
9 de-fra01a-rd1-pos-5-0.aorta.net (213.46.179.5) 150.167 ms 151.514 ms 149.271 ms
10 ro-clu01a-ra1-so-0-0-0.aorta.net (213.46.160.74) 171.751 ms 172.480 ms 171.792 ms
11 r1-TenGigabitEthernet-1-1.bucuresti.astralnet.ro (213.46.170.70) 173.097 ms 172.744 ms 172.836 ms
12 r6-ge0-v91-dr.constanta.astralnet.ro (85.186.212.5) 185.768 ms 186.831 ms 185.082 ms
13 ct-tsat-sdr.tnet.ro (193.226.47.146) 188.275 ms 189.067 ms 185.722 ms
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How. Strange. Maybe they tried a phish but forgot to use the right link to redirect to their own server...
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How. Strange. Maybe they tried a phish but forgot to use the right link to redirect to their own server...
Good point. That's more likely then a hack of the Chase servers.
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