YOU Can Help The Fight! To enable us to warn consumers, please forward ALL phishing emails to us: scams@fraudwatchinternational.com Is your company worried about Phishing Attacks? We now offer a 24/7 Phishing Attack Monitoring, Detection & Shut Down Service. Visit http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/solutions/antiphishing.htm Fraud ALERT Bank North phishing email - "Notice banknorth Internet Online Account record update, E-Mail ID #552vk"   Date Issued: 28 October 2004 Fraud Alert # 3123 Target Company: Bank North From Address: banknorth-Billilq@BankNorth.com Subject Line: Notice banknorth Internet Online Account record update, E-Mail ID #552vk Email Link URL: 218.244.98.8/north/…   Phishing Methods Used: What is "Phishing"? Email: Deceptive Subject Line   Forged Senders Address   Genuine Looking Content   Disguised Hyperlinks     Web Site : Genuine Looking Content   Form - Collection of Information   Hovering Text Box over Address Bar   A copy of the email is displayed below. A copy of the fake web site is displayed below.                                                                                                           What to do? If you receive an e-mail similar to this, do nothing.   Do not reply to the e-mail and do not give any personal details to the sender. If you do receive similar emails, or any email that you think may be fraudulent, please forward to FraudWatch International at: scams@fraudwatchinternational.com Tips to Protect Yourself from phishing scams: 1. Never click on Hyperlinks within emails, instead, copy and paste them into your browser 2. Use SPAM Filter Software 3. Use Anti-Virus Software 4. Use a Personal Firewall 5. Keep Software Updated (operating systems and web browsers) 6. Always look for "https://" and padlock on web sites that require personal information 7. Keep your computer clean from Spyware 8. Educate Yourself of fraudulent activity on the Internet 9. Check & monitor your credit report 10. Seek Advice - if you are unsure, ask us: scams@fraudwatchinternational.com For more detail on protecting yourself, go to: http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/internetfraud/phishing/protect.htm

1/Nov/2004: Cheng's comments

All these I took the liberty of reproducing to help fighting fraud on the net are true.

You can go to this Fraudwatch site to get more information on all types of con artists preying on the honest trusting people.

These thugs make a mockery out of human kindness. Only the "paranoid" would not be taken by them from the outset. They want all of us to trust no one, certainly not likes of them "superficial professional liars" who talk and act like our caring parents, wanting to help us collect Euro $1,000,000 from a lucky win drawn from a list of emails.

But all they want to do is to cheat the last penny out of trusting nice people. What if we treat them as liars and thieves? They would never have had a chance with any of us. Instead of appreciating our trust, they take advantage of it, using it to con us the same way rapists conning trusting young ladies into sleeping with them under the false pretense of willing/wanting to marry them. They are the kindest when talking their way into winning our trust, but the moment they get our money, advance fees, taxes which don't exist in these countries (the Netherlands, Belgium, Britain, Spain . . .), the instant they disappear.

They forge cheques, bank money wiring documents, or even fake online banks to deceive us into thinking that there is indeed money we have won deposited in these "banks." So, pay them taxes, insurance fees, procsssing fees to get that US$500,000 appearing in the accounts of these online banks in the same way Phishing tries to deceive us into believing that they are our genuine banks.

I have here a fake 1st Atlantic Bank on file.  (1) ; (2)

It may still be there online. You can follow this link

(http://www.faifss.com/ ),
not the ones on files  (1) & (2) above, to see if it's still there. If there, none has gotten rid of it.

I dare say that all online lotto wins are fakes, out there to cheat us to the last penny. Don't trust any of them. When they ask for "advance money," e.g., procesing fees, taxes, ... insurance money, etc. BEFORE they give you the "lotto win," say "no" and report the incident to the police fraud squad.