Yahoo! MyBlogLog to be discontinued - A Scam Email

This is a scam email. Why? Let me quickly summarize what I have observed in this scam email that indicate it is a scam email.

1. Email did not have the Yahoo! official logo

2. Source of this email is not convincing!!
From: Yahoo! "one.yahoo-email.com>"

3. The link redirect you to other web page, that is,  "http://yahoo-email.com/a/hBNZmRnBs19FXB8XEGCNshZL4WB/mybloglog7" instead of what is shown "https://billing.yahoo.com", and "http://yahoo-email.com/a/hBNZmRnBs19FXB8XEGCNshZL4WB/mybloglog2" instead of the real help page of Yahoo!.

4. If you go and Google the website of "http://yahoo-email.com", you will find nothing. In other words, even Google does not want to index this website, do you think you can trust this website?

For those you receive the similar email, do ignore it and just report to Yahoo!. For the sake of display, I purposely remove the re-directly from this scam email to avoid my reader to be re-direct to those scam website unconsciously. The content of this email is shown below:

		Dear MyBlogLog Customer, You have been identified as a customer of Yahoo! MyBlogLog. We will officially discontinue Yahoo! MyBlogLog effective May 24, 2011. Your agreement with Yahoo!, to the extent that it applies to the Yahoo! MyBlogLog, will terminate on May 24, 2011. After May 24, 2011 your credit card will no longer be charged for premium services on MyBlogLog. We will refund you the unused portion of your subscription, if any. The refund will appear as a credit via the billing method we have on file for you. To make sure that your billing information is correct and up to date, visit https://billing.yahoo.com. Questions? If you have questions about these changes, please visit the Yahoo! MyBlogLog help pages. We thank you for being a customer on Yahoo! MyBlogLog. Sincerely, The Yahoo! My BlogLog Team

Please do not reply to this message. This is a service email related to your use of Yahoo! MyBlogLog. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of Web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.

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List of Scam Email I have received and posted in this post.
Yahoo Alert : Warning!Verify Your Account !! (VX2G99AAJ)
Yahoo!! International Lottery Organization!!!
YAHOO!-MICROSOFT FINANCIAL: YOU HAVE WON £1,000,000

Friend Finder

This is a simulation game which will give us a better idea about how spammers or phishers do in internet. This game provides some advices about our action toward specific massage or email in internal. It is very important because, on the one hand, we cannot simply ignore all unknown senders' massages or emails which might really sent from our relatives or friends. On the other hand, we cannot trust all so-called relatives or friends in internal since they might be spammers or scammers. Therefore, it is good idea to have some experiences after playing this kind of game. I hope you will enjoy it.





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Online Banking Safety. Halifax Online Banking. Phishing Email

Be careful, this is some kind of phishing email. Phishing is a fraudulent attempt to get you to provide personal information, including but not limited to, account information.(http://www.phishtank.com/)

If you see carefully, this link given in this email will redirect you to http://www.dosinmusic.net/simigvis.php instead of Halifax Online Banking official website. Besides that, according to the database in http://www.phishtank.com/, http://www.dosinmusic.net is a 100% phishing website.

The content of this email is shown below:
"
From: Halifax Online Banking <nuocca4@optusnet.com.au>
To:

Dear Customer, Halifax Online Banking Security Department has been receiving complaints from our customers for unauthorised uses of the Halifax Online Banking accounts. As a result we have temporarily shutting down some selected Halifax Online Banking Accounts perceived vulnerable to this, pending till the time we carry out proper verification by the account owner. Halifax Online Banking is committed to ensure the safeguard of each customer personal information, making sure only authorised individuals have access to their accounts. As a first step : Reconfirm your identity by using the Sign in botton provided below. These instructions are sent to all Halifax Online Banking clients,to avoid service deactivation. We apologise for any inconveniences.Thank you for your cooperation.

Halifax Online Security Department

Halifax plc, Registered in England No.2367076. Registered Office: Trinity Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 2RG"

Besides that, do you believe this email, nuocca4@optusnet.com.au, is sent from Halifax Online Banking Security Department??

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Important Account Protection From Maybank Group (Phishing Email)

The content of this silly email is shown below. After reading this silly email, I am going to show you why I call it silly email.

" 
From: Maybank Group <customers@verifications.com>
To:

Dear valued customers,


Please be cautious and more aware of your surroundings when you are at the ATM. Do not respond to any attempt by strangers to interrupt your transactions.


Also we need to confirm your online banking protection to keep the validity of your TAC Receivers Phone, We introduce this to ensure the protection of your account and transactions,



https://www.maybank2u.com.my/mbb/m2u/common/M2ULogin.do? action=Login


Thank you."

Now, let's see why this is a phishing email.

1. you may probably know that the link given in this email will never link to Maybank2U official website but a "fake similar webpage", that is, http://www.servingbetter2u.com/MM2U.html?https://www.maybank2u.com.my/mbb/m2u/common/M2ULogin.do?action=Login.

2. The sender email address is definitely not Maybank2u official email address.

3. This email does not display recipient email address, therefore, this is a spam email.

As a result, if your username and password is so easy to be stolen if you are so nervous and eager to verify your account when you received this kind of phishing email.

Please call to Maybank if you have, unfortunately, enter your bank details in this phishing webpage to block your account immediately.

Good luck.

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Maybank Alert: Restore Your Account Access.

This is a very dangerous scam email. This scam email is trying to review your password and username of your Maybank account. The content of this scam email is shown below:
"

	Important Update Date:  12/05/2010 We employ appropriate technical security measures to protect your personal information and ensure that it is not accessed by unauthorised persons. Information storage is on secure computers in a locked information centre and information is encrypted wherever possible. Our security procedures also provide that we may request proof of identification before we will release personal information to you. We undergo periodic reviews of our security policies and procedures to ensure that May Bank systems are secure and protected However, your account have been flagged by our security team. We therefore require additional information in order to restore full access to your online banking account. Click the link below to proceed https://www.maybank2u.com.my/mbb/m2u/common/M2ULogin.do?action=Login Failure to comply to the instructions stated above might lead to permanent service suspension.

Maybank2u.com
© 2001-2010 Maybank. All rights reserved. "

So, why this is a scam email? The answer is in the link which is email is trying to ask you to go and login your account.

https://www.maybank2u.com.my/mbb/m2u/common/M2ULogin.do?action=Login

If you look carefully, this link will never link your page to Maybank Official website but redirect your page to "http://www.wwtgsaintefoy2010.org/images/smilies/M2ULogin.doaction=Login.htm"

Thanks for Firefox and those report this website as an identity theft. As you can see from the picture above, "http://www.wwtgsaintefoy2010.org' has been reported as a web forgery. Besides, Maybank or any other bank will never ask their client to disclose their username and password via email.

As a rule of thumb, call to the authority of the bank to ask for verification if you find some doubtful email.
 
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Public Bank: Restore Your Online Banking Access. Phishing Email

There are lots of Phishing Email in my email box everyday. In fact, I am quite used to their pattern of cheating and spamming. Sometimes, they are quite silly. Sometimes, they are quite tactic. Therefore, we need to pay attention about these kind of emails to avoid any unnecessary losses caused by our careless and nervousness.

As a blogger, I think I should share the methods that I use to identifying these kind of cheating. In fact, more than 20 posts regarding Phishing Email and scam email  can be found in Xaivier Blog to help you identifying fault and get rid of cheating. One of the most popular phishing email I have posted is about Payment by Mcdonalds. This was too popular until my blog was attacked by the phisher.

In this post, I just give you the essence about the way to identify the phishing and scam email below. First of all, do read the email below carefully.
"
From: Public Bank Berhad.<online.systems@pbebank.com.my>
To:

	Important Update Date:  19/05/2010 We employ appropriate technical security measures to protect your personal information and ensure that it is not accessed by unauthorised persons. Information storage is on secure computers in a locked information centre and information is encrypted wherever possible. Our security procedures also provide that we may request proof of identification before we will release personal information to you. We undergo periodic reviews of our security policies and procedures to ensure that Public Bank systems are secure and protected However, your account have been flagged by our security team. We therefore require additional information in order to restore full access to your online banking account. Click the link below to proceed https://www2.pbebank.com/main.html Failure to comply to the instructions stated above might lead to permanent service suspension.

pbebank.com.my
© 2010 Public Bank Berhad. All rights reserved."

Unfortunately, you cannot determine whether it is a phishing email or now from this post. However, if you receive this email too, please note that the "https://www2.pbebank.com/main.html " provided in this phishing email will redirect you to "http://goldenknights.com.au/images/smilies/www.pbebank.com/www.pbebank.com/main.htm"

Therefore, obviously, this is definitely a phishing email.

In fact, you can apply the same method to verify whether a particular email is a phishing or not. 

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Note:
Another 100% correct verification method is send an email or call the provider directly via official email address or official phone number only.

First edited at 29th Jan 2011 - Reason: To make it more reader-friendly.

Public Bank Berhad: Please update and verify your account information. Scam

"Please update and verify your account information !


From: Public Bank Berhad Internet Banking  <service@pbebank.com>"

Again, this email address is very convincing. But the question is... I do not have any Public Bank Account, so far. Therefore, obviously, this is another scam + spam email, again. Besides that, let me show you another two evidences to provide this is a scam + spam email.

1. First of all, please think about why the image and link location is not from or go to Public Bank Berhad?
Image location: http://pearl.com.my/images/as.jpg
Link location: http://pearl.com.my/documents/as.html

Next, according to Google, http://www.pearl.com.my is the website of Pearl International Hotel Kuala Lumpur. But since this is very weird, I not encourage to login this website.

2. If you look carefully, this is a "general junk email" because the email address of receiver is not shown in the email. Therefore, it is possible more than thousand people have received this kind of email in a second.

To sum up, this is very difficult for other people to cheat us unless we are cheating our self by dreaming "this is my lucky day".

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