An
Email with the Subject "June 2007 Compulsory Online Banking Update!" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:06:05 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as ABSA Bank Limited <Customerservices@absa.co.za>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in
this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be
added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
Scam TagCloud
bankcreditsafeaccountcustomerserviceinternetcustomvalidatesecureonlineonline bankbank nabsa bank achdearfinancial
NO CHART DATA - EMAIL HAS NOT YET BEEN ANALYSED
Scam Email Headers
This a (redacted) view of the raw email headers of this scam email.
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate investigating or law enforcement agencies on request.
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[return-path:] =>
[envelope-to:] => scams@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:06:05 -0700
[received:] => Array
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[1] => from quantum.cucei.udg.mx (localhost [127.0.0.1])by quantum.cucei.udg.mx (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l5R32idT012068for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:02:44 -0500 (CDT)
[2] => (from nobody@localhost)by quantum.cucei.udg.mx (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l5R32irC012067;Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:02:44 -0500 (CDT)
)
[date:] => Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:02:44 -0500 (CDT)
[to:] => scams@scamdex.com
[subject:] => June 2007 Compulsory Online Banking Update!
[from:] => ABSA Bank Limited
[message-id:] => <130746265.223@absa.co.za>
[mime-version:] => 1.0
[content-type:] => text/html
[content-transfer-encoding:] => quoted-printable
[x-mime-autoconverted:] => from 8bit to quoted-printable by quantum.cucei.udg.mx id l5R32idT012068
[x-scamdex-scores:] => S:46 P:56 A:49 L:44 E:46 G:42
[x-scamdex-classtype:] => P
[x-scamdex-classscore:] => 56
[x-scamdex-totscore:] => 283
[x-scamdex-kw:] => account,bank,card,credit,customer,internet,log in,notification,online bank,safe,sent,verify
[x-scamdex-em:] => nobody@localhost
[x-scamdex-dir:] => P
[x-scamdex-id:] => P1204769135.M485845P20228V
[x-scamdex-copyright:] => This Email is Copyright Scamdex.com 2009, Reproduction Prohibited
)
Domain Names used for collecting scam email ("Honeypot email accounts") have been obscured and replaced with the token 'HUN1P0T'
Community Action - SPAM/non-Scam Report
Occasionally, incorrectly categorized emails get into the Scamdex Scam Email Database and need to be removed. If this
email has Personally Identifiable Information (PII), or is, in your opinion, from a bona-fide entity, let us know.
Scamdex will, as soon as is practicable, take-down any emails that in our opinion should not
be in our database. Note that ALL emails in the Scamdex Scam Email Database were received as Unsolicited Commercial Email, aka UCE or
SPAM, via unpublished 'Honeypot' email addresses.
Dear Valued Customer, Financial institutions around the world have always been subject to attempts by criminals to try and defraud money from them and their customers. These attempts can occur in a number of ways ( e.g. credit card fraud, telephone banking or Internet scams).
As a part of our ongoing commitment to provide the "Best Possible" service and Protection to all our Members this year, we are now requiring each member to validate their accounts
using our new secure and safe SSL servers. To validate your online banking account
click on