An
Email with the Subject "Your account is temporarily suspended !" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:00:02 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "VISA"<security@visa.com>.
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
loginsuspendverificationactivitysafeharborendedsafeaccountcustomerserviceinc.customlegalinvestigationverifysecuremailuser will securitydearhttp://www.visa.com/verif...financial
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, 18 Jul 2006 19:00:02 -0700
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[0] => from static-b3-117-104.telepac.pt ([213.13.117.104] helo=baco.templeby.local)by sun.newsblaze.com with esmtp (Exim 4.52)id 1G31M1-0000yj-TCfor scams@scamdex.com; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:00:02 -0700
[1] => from User ([203.141.134.10]) by baco.templeby.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:47:26 +0100
)
[from:] => "VISA"
[subject:] => Your account is temporarily suspended !
[date:] => Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:46:25 +0900
[mime-version:] => 1.0
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[x-priority:] => 3
[x-msmail-priority:] => Normal
[x-mailer:] => Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
[x-mimeole:] => Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
[bcc:] =>
[x-uid:] => Array
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[0] =>
[1] => 92963
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[x-originalarrivaltime:] => 19 Jul 2006 01:47:27.0265 (UTC) FILETIME=[49FC1110:01C6AAD5]
[status:] => RO
[x-status:] =>
[x-keywords:] => NonJunk
[message-id:] =>
[x-scamdex-scores:] => S:50 P:57 A:59 L:43 E:48 G:42
[x-scamdex-classtype:] => A
[x-scamdex-classscore:] => 59
[x-scamdex-totscore:] => 299
[x-scamdex-kw:] => account,activity,card,customer,ended,inc.,investigation,legal,login,safe,safeharbor,service,suspend,user,verification,verify
[x-scamdex-dir:] => P
[x-scamdex-id:] => P1176269136.M907720P9805V0805I004740C8
[x-scamdex-copyright:] => This Email is Copyright Scamdex.com 2009, Reproduction Prohibited
)
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SPAM, via unpublished 'Honeypot' email addresses.
You have received this email because we have strong reasons to believe
that your VISA account had been recently compromised. In order to
prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open
an investigation into this matter.
Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning,
temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership
and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your
actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users
or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or
authenticate any information you provide to us.
If your account information is not updated within the next 72
hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be
suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of
this verification is to ensure that your VISA account has not been
fraudulently used and to combat fraud.
Please login into your account at this link, which is a SSL secured
connection:
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.
Regards,
Safeharbor Department
Visa Card, Inc.
Dear VISA Card Customer,
You have received this email because we have strong reasons to believe
that your VISA account had been recently compromised. In order to
prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open
an investigation into this matter.
Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning,
temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership
and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your
actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users
or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or
authenticate any information you provide to us.
If your account information is not updated within the next 72
hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be
suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of
this verification is to ensure that your VISA account has not been
fraudulently used and to combat fraud.
Please login into your account at this link, which is a SSL secured
connection:
http://www.visa.com/verified-by-visa/update.htm
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.
