Legitimate Business Names Used In Email Scam

There are a lot of legitimate companies that are used by scam artists to perpetrate an email scam.

Washington Mutual was used in an email scam that used spoof email links to a spoof webpage where a victim was prompted to enter their details believing the site was genuine. The details that were entered are then forwarded to a local script and captured. The spoof webpage was traced to Brooklyn, New York.

AOL was used in an email scam that used spoof email links to a spoof webpage. The email claimed to be from AOL asking to confirm account data by clicking on the link. The link took victims to a spoof login page where their details were captured by the phishers. The spoof webpage was traced to Singapore.

SouthTrust was used in an email scam that used spoof email links to a spoof webpage. The URL of the

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