That's a new one, woah.

[syredronning]

I received a phishing letter - in PAPER! To my full address. I almost believed it to be really from Abbey National PLC, but then I did a little google research on the mail address given at its bottom (@execs.com) and found that this domain is for spammers&phishers.

Woah, they really get better. Obviously, they would want to have personal information from me for future identity fraud. Duh.

Go here for the full letter (English, but posted in Netherlands, asking about a possible deceased relative from Strasbourg/France - which is relatively close to my former home city, so it sounded very believable).

Comments

Return to the Future

[kanld.livejournal.com]

Next time it could be a hand-written letter...
Then, perhaps, a clay tablet delivered by a slave in loin-cloth???

Re: Return to the Future

[syredronning.livejournal.com]

Well, in business life, paper letters are still common. And this letter looks rather official, so chances are a lot more better that the receivers are willing to submit personal information to that phisher. This is really something...I informed the Abbey Nat. bank by now.

[illariy.livejournal.com]

Well, for years people have preached to never give out personal account information online and that banks and other institutions would never ever ask for it in an email -- I guess the criminal elements have caught on ;-)

A paper letter lends them more of an air of credibility... kudos to you for researching first!

[syredronning.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I got suspicious when I saw that the email address didn't match the address of the company. But they really have caught on, woah.

[mrs-picard.livejournal.com]

You know, my mother also got a 'real' letter that told her she'd won some sort of Spanish lottery. o.O They asked for her bank account number "in order to transfer the money". Yeah, right. o.O The letter was also written in English. The best thing is, she WORKS at a bank and she gets such a phishing letter, it's unbelievable. @.@ I translated the letter for her and she was just speechless that something like this found its way to her. @.@

It's creepy, isn't it? "Real" phishing mail. @.@