Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Urgent, urgent: Please fax us your bank details and signature

A creative bit of spam with PDF attachment. Don't be fooled, don't respond. Here's the email message:

From: URGENT URGENT euromillions.euromillionsuk.lo@gmail.com
Date: September 30, 2009 8:10:21 AM PDT
To: undisclosed recipients: ;
Subject: Urgent attention for all SA WINNER
Reply-To: euromillions.euromillionsuk.lo@gmail.com

Urgent attention for all SA WINNER we write to inform you that all the formal arrangement for the transfer of your wining lottery has been cancelled, you are therefore advised to stop any further communication with any body to avoid been scammed.

Please kindly fill the attached bank form and send to the paying bank, the Barclays bank for immediately transfer. 24hours service

Thanks
Sir Kelvin Walter,
Co-coordinator (Online Promo Programmer)

The contents of the PDF is a form, on faux Barclay's Bank letterhead. The formatting is lost, but here's what it asked for -- just perfect for both identity theft and cleaning out your bank account:

Barclays Bank Plc, London
Private Banking Section
P.O.BOX 738, Eagle Court
75 King Street, Hammersmith
London, W6 9HY . U.K

WIRE TRANSFER FORM

BENEFICIARY DETAILS

NAME:
SURNAME:
ID NUMBER/ PASSPORT No.:
PRESENT ADDRESS:
HOME TELEPHONE:
FAX:
SPECIMEN SIGNATURE:

BANK DETAILS

BENEFICIARY’S BANK

BRANCH:
BANK ADDRESS:
ACCOUNT NUMBER
SWIFT CODE
ACCOUNT NAME:

Jonathan Britton.
Head, Financial Controller
Private Bank Dept.
Tel:+44-702-402-0677
Tel:+44-702-408-2977
Fax:+44-844-774-4307

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