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?US Treasury? Warns of Phishing, Redirects to Malicious Site

by Marianna Schmudlach Nov 10, 2008 7:47AM PST

Spammed email messages supposedly from The United States Federal Reserve Bank warn their recipients of a ?large-scale phishing attack? affecting several banks and credit unions. A spammed message may look like this:

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The email message gives details on the supposed phishing attack and adds that the US Tresury Department has also monitored a high level of illegal wire transfers. Having told recipients that, the email message then informs them of restrictions imposed on federal wire transfers as part of security measures being taken by concerned government agencies.

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