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Australian Bankers Association Online Survey - Phishing fraud

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$100.00 from the Australian Bankers Association just fo answering a couple of questions? Hardly likely. That's what we thought when we got the e-mail below and we put on our Sherlock Holmes cap and lit our pipe...

Originating computer IP address: 173.24.6.192 is allocated to Mediacom Communications Corp, NY, US of A. DNS Services provided by AT&T. Abuse issues: abuse@mediacomcc.com

Spammer compromised e-mail server IP address: 195.35.223.14 alocated to Brugmedia B.V., Kampen, NL. SPAM issues: abuse@castel.nl

Phishing web site (asking for your account information) at: http://173-24-6-192.client.mchsi.com/bankers.asn.au/australian-bankers-a... is the same computer that sent the e-mail. Fortunately Firefox BLOCKED access to this unsafe web site.

Translated for mere mortals: A computer located somewhere in New York, abused a possible badly configured mail server computer located in the Netherlands to send phishing spam also to us, inviting us to divulge our bank account details.

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Dear australian citizen,

The ABA Online Research Unit on behalf of its clients invites you to take part in an online survey.

We would appreciate it if you could take the survey by Tuesday 30th of June 2009.

The survey should take about 2 minutes and we will deposit $100 to your account just for your time.


You will be required to enter personal information at the end of the survey for us to identify you and be able to deposit the reward and additional security purposes.

How do you get started? Simply click the button below:

Your answers will remain anonymous. Your responses are not linked to you and the results are only analysed in aggregate form, not on an individual level. Your privacy, personal details and responses are protected by the Code of Conduct under the Industry Regulations of The Australian Market & Social Research Society.

If you would like further information on our privacy policy please click:
http://www.bankers.asn.au/Privacy-Policy/default.aspx



Matt King
Australian Bankers' Association
Level 3, 56 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000
Ph: +61 2 8298 0417


 

As a way of thanking our panel members for their ongoing support a donation of $1,000 will be made to the Children’s Cancer Institute of Australia every quarter. To view a copy of a previous donation please click on the link:http://survey.theoru.com.au/survey/ORU.Graphics/CCI/CCI_donation_Nov08.jpg


IMPORTANT NOTE:
The contents of this email and its attachments are confidential and intended only for the individual or entity named above. Any unauthorised use of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact us, then delete the email.

Please consider the environment before you print this e-mail or any attachments.

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Received: from mail.dotspot.nl (mail01.brugmedia.net [195.35.223.14])
by mail.altnews.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D24A1134093
for xxxxx@altnews.com.au; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:19:29 +1000 (EST)
Received: from User ([173.24.6.192])
by mail.dotspot.nl (BrugMedia.net Mail Server v7.5.2) with ASMTP id ZRT20195;
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:19:19 +0200
Reply-To: survey@aattc.org.au
From: Australian Bankers Association (ABA) survey@aattc.org.au
Subject: Online Survey
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:18:57 -0400

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