Phisher on the Loose

Online banking customers have reported numerous accounts of identity theft online. It is alleged that a ‘phisher’ is on the rampage and is hunting for the next unsuspecting victims. For those of you who are not familiar with this sort of digital crime, a ‘phisher’ is a person who uses e-mail to fraudulently obtain valid data from a user.

The culprit has been using United States and London addresses to register a fake website domain and has been busy at work, attempting to obtain account information that would enable this cretin to raid your hard earned cash.

Hundreds, if not thousands of honest banking clients have been receiving an email, allegedly from the “Isle of Man” e-cash processing company, stating that the client has deposited money into his/her account, and that a client services representative should be contacting them shortly. However the log-in link that is embedded within the email is trasnferred to the false domain.

The fraudulent link is of course the site where the identity thieves hope clients you will give them the information they need to access one’s account. It’s a criminal attempt and a false representation. In an attempt to alleviate further phishing disaster, I will not take the risk of publishing the link, but it is from a NETELLER-like domain registered by a criminal who most than likely uses false names and addresses in the United Kingdom and USA. These have been passed on to the authorities as a precaution.

Don’t ever sign up at online banking institutions unless it’s served from the proper, legitimate domain. If you are using Neteller then you must make sure that on the signup page the URL is from the actual legimate registered NETELLER domain, and that the padlock at the bottom right of your browser is locked (not open). You can also report any other attempts of this nature to your online banking service provider, who would like to see international law enforcement catch this common criminal as soon as possible.

Source by Lilly Dice