Exposing a phishing scam
I received an email from someone today claiming that I will receive a $20.00 credit to my Chase Manhattan Bank account for taking a quick 5 question survey.
Obviously this is a scam. First of all, the type of scam being used is a Phishing scam. There is a link in the email that I am asked to click on to be taken to the chase bank web site. Now, at first glance when you look at the link, it appears to take you to the chase bank website, however, upon further inspection it becomes clear that the website you will be taken to is actually http://www.compexbrno.cz/~mp3/update/chase-rewarding/clients-asp/cgi/index.html.
I took a screen shot to show you this. If you place your mouse over the hyperlink, a box opens revealing where the link really points to.
If you don’t know what phishing is, and would like to learn more about it, watch this video on how to detect a phishing scam.
This is the email I received
Dear Valued Customer,
CONGRATULATIONS !!!
You have been chosen by the Chase Manhattan Bank online department to take part in our quick and easy 5 question survey. In return we will credit $20 to your account – Just for your time!
Helping us better understand how our customers feel benefits everyone. With the information collected we can decide to direct a number of changes to improve and expand our online service.
The information you provide us is all non-sensitive and anonymous – No part of it is handed down to any third party groups.
It will be stored in our secure database for maximum of 3 days while we process the results of this nationwide survey.
We kindly ask you to spare two minutes of your time in taking part with this unique offer!
To Continue click on the link below:
http://www.chase.com/?CustomerID=8972347&SecureID=xjskid893oe99280-2oeujdywhhhekwod0pqlwoe0
Many Thanks and Kind Regards – Chase Manhattan Bank Customer Department
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