Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Here’s an example of a scheme sent to potential Discover card victims (hyperlinks removed). Note in particular the following:
1.) Sent to Undisclosed Recipients
2.) Refers to “Discover Bank” rather than the trademarked “Discover Card”
3). Spelling and grammar errors throughout
—–Original Message—–
From: Discover Bank [mailto:discover@email.discover.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:18 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: *SPAM?* [score: 25] NOTIFICATION From Discover Bank account!
From: Discover Bank [mailto:discover@email.discover.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:18 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: *SPAM?* [score: 25] NOTIFICATION From Discover Bank account!
Dear Discover Bank Member ,
During our regualry scheduled accounts maintenance and verification procedures,
we have detected a slight error regarding your Online Account.
This might be due to one of the following reasons:
1. A recent change in your personal information (i.e. address changing)
2. Submitting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
4. Multiple failed logins in your personal account.
3. An inabillity to accurately verify your selected option of payment due
to an internal error within our system.
Please update and verify your information by clicking the following link:
Continue To Online Update Form
*If you account information is not updated within 48 hours then your ability to access your account will be restricted.
Thank you
The Discover Bank Billing Deptartment .
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