This email scam contains wording lifted directly from the RBC website – word for word in fact. Obviously this was done to get away from the usual broken English featured in these scams and to give it more of an air of being real. The dead giveaway is the destination of the outgoing links – they lead to a compromised server and website at – seriouslychristmas.com.au/images/rbccc.xxx. Don’t visit the website – it could be hosting other nasty stuff for the unsuspecting like malware.

If you have followed the link in this email and have filled in the form you need to contact the real RBC immediately and explain to them what you have done. They will give you further instructions.

The entire scam email is below:

Subject – RBC Royal Bank: Security Notification

RBC Online Banking Security Guarantee

Need Help? Chat Live

100% reimbursement for unauthorized transactions in RBC Online Banking+

We understand how important information security and privacy are to you.

To provide you with greater peace of mind, we have developed the RBC Online Banking Security Guarantee. If an unauthorized transaction is conducted through your RBC Online Banking service, you will be reimbursed 100% for any resulting losses to those accounts.+

To ensure reimbursement under this guarantee, there are a few steps you’ll need to take, including: Click Here To Upgrade Your Online Banking Security

While our Online Security meets the highest standards, the best way to secure your online experience is for us to work together. We encourage you to review our new Click Here To Upgrade Your Online Banking Security which gives you a complete look at the security tools and safe computing practices we offer to help you enhance your online security.

Click Here To Upgrade Your Online Banking Security

Royal Bank of Canada Website, © 1995-2011

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The email attempts to convince you to click on the links contained within it and be lead to a specially crafted website in order to steal your EasyWeb login credentials. Once they have this they will attempt to get into your real bank account and create further havoc by stealing your money and identity.

The scam uses one of the usual bank login detail stealing scams of saying your account password was changed. As with all of these emails don’t follow the links as the website may also try to install malware onto your computer.

The full scam email is below. The links lead to – flangetastic.com/thumbsclips/EasyWeb.htm and not the TD Canada Trust bank website. This scam website will not stay online long as the scammers hotlinked the images directly from the TD website! Not too bright.

Online Access Password Reset

Thank you for banking online at tdcanada trust bank. Our records indicate that you have recently reset your Password online. This email has been sent to confirm that you initiated this change.

If you feel you have received this email in error and you did not reset your Password, please go to tdcanada easyweb secure site and verify your details immediately or logon below

Thanks again for choosing EasyWeb TDCanada Bank

Service Team
TD Group Financial Services site – Copyright © TD

As part of our commitment to securing information about you, TDCanada Trust will never send any non-requested emails asking you to provide, update your personal, account or other confidential information.

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Anyways, the latest Scotia Bank scam email is noted below. You will quickly see why we are calling these guys morons.

It comes with an attachment – online-banking-verification-scotia-bank.html or some variation there of. They also attempt to have the same form load in your email and if you have enabled html you will probably see it right away. For good measure and extra security you should turn this feature off or at least set it so that you have to enable it for each email yourself. Thunderbird for example does this for you in a simple manner. Do not open the attachment – never open such attachments!

As always notice it’s not actually addressed to anyone – let alone you. It contains no customer numbers and is full of spelling/grammar mistakes. The email return address has been faked and links lead to a hacked website which is being used as a vector to collect stolen information from you so that they can drain your accounts.

Dear Customer,

Scotia Bank is informing all internet banking customers to verify and update there account information for our security update.

Please download our secure page to login your account details and make sure you complete the process as your interest is our concern.

Note: This verification process must not be ignored but if you choose then you leave us no choice to suspend your online account.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this action may have caused.

Regards,
Scotia Bank Internet Banking

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The following email alert from the RBC Royal Bank is a fake. It is an email scam meant to steal your login and personal details so that the scammer may fraudulently access your bank account and possibly steal your identity. The entire scam email is below.

Notice the tell-tale signs of an email scam – not addressed to you personally and it was sent to multiple recipients. The link in the email body leads to segosselin.com/install/language/www1.royalbank.com/accessrbunxcg/fakeremoved/index.htm. Notice the initial top-level domain is not the Royal Bank but some website called segosselin.com. They try to confuse you by including what appears to be the proper address later in the url string. Clearly they are using a hacked account to perpetrate their online crime.

The email actually comes from – mail.newwavemktg.com IP 216.75.6.122 which leads to a hosting company account which has more than likely also been compromised and now used to facilitate this crime.

If you have filled out the form already – contact your bank and local police departments immediately.

Dear Valued Customer,

For your security, Royal Bank has safeguard your account when there is a possibility that someone other than you is attempting to sign on. You now need to verify your Identity.

To verify your identity, kindly follow reference below and take the directions to instant activation. Click Here

Thank you for helping us to protect you.

Security Advisor
© 1999 – 2011 Royal Bank. All rights reserved.

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This scam email gives a link which claims to be for your your online banking account but leads to http://202.28.24.134/XXX-scam-link. That IP address leads to an infected computer in Thailand from the KKU.AC.TH in Chiang Mai. A website has been setup to mimic your normal TD Canada Trust login and this is where they will steal your personal details and then attempt to drain your account dry.

As always with any email you suspect is fake and a scam attempt read it carefully. There are always clues. This one has a glaring example of the stupidity and haste to which these scammer morons act to always try to lure in more people. They don’t check their emails very carefully for this one clearly says at the bottom – Scotia Bank, Member FDIC. Why would the TD Canada Trust bank be putting Scotia Bank stuff in their emails? Of course they wouldn’t but lazy scammers who don’t know better will.

The scam email is below. If you get a similar email do not click the link in it. If you already have and filled in their form, you need to immediately contact your TD Canada Trust branch and tell them you were tricked. Call the customer service line right now – do not wait!

Notification: Re-Enroll your Account Information

You last logged in to Online Banking:

For your security, access to Online Banking has been locked because the number of attempts to sign in exceeded the number allowed. To regain access to your online banking, Please visit “fake link removed” and update your information.

Your security is important to us. If you are not aware of this situation, please contact us immediately at 1.800.933.6262.

This alert relates to your Online Banking profile, rather than a particular account. The account listed here is for verification purposes only.

Want to confirm this email is from Td Canada Trust?
Sign in to Online Banking and go to Alerts. The Alerts History lists the Alerts sent to you in the past 60 days.

Want to get more alerts? Sign in to your online banking account at TD Canada Trust and within the Accounts Overview page select the “Alerts” tab.

Because email is not a secure form of communication, please do not reply to this email.
If you have any questions about your account or need assistance, please call the phone number on your statement or go to Contact Us at TD Canada Trust.

This email was routed through sbcglobal.net – which we encounter often as they are prolific email spammers.

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The new scam email is listed below and is cleverly crafted to try to entice you into believing their story. It’s another reverse attempt in that they try to act as if they are on your side and are trying to help you. Clearly – it’s meant more for those who have already fallen victim in the past – so don’t be a two-time target!

The email claims to be coming from Fentons Solicitors – berrsky1@yahoo.com. Once again another lawyer, banker or related person using a free email to conduct official business. It just doesn’t happen. Pay attention Canada – they are targeting you!

New Reference: 001open/*********
Dear Client,

Your funds are to be called back and reclaimed into government purse but I have discovered that it has been delayed from reaching your account:

ROUTING NUMBER: —
SWIFT CODE: BIBDBNBB

I am a lawyer that deals with such pending issues like yours and I am here to help you out as I see this is an over due payment settlement. I need to confirm your new contacts with you so I can register it with the bank officer and they will immediately enter your identification once and for all into the newly set escrow this means no one can hold claim to this same payment from henceforth besides you the receiver of this very email, use the swift code above to ascertain yourself to funds.

A new claim from a Canadian based company in Austria has requested that funds should be sent to their account which was almost done by our accounts team. I retraced the steps as it is my job to contact funds actual owners and relocate the bank officers to have them receive their money rightly. I have convinced hsbc director to handle this transaction herself purely confidentially as it is a contract funds zoned to be willed and inherited by another company. Now That I have located you, I expect you to act on this and respond quickly to reclaim your funds. You must write back to me within 24 hours to confirm receipt of this message otherwise I will discontinue with this assistance. The payment is between $2million to $14million part payment, kindly confirm the amount you plead that we apply to be released between these figures and I will advise you on how to go about this funds release.

The weight now lies on your shoulders, how bad do you want to close this transaction? If you choose to delay it is up to you, but you have little or no time to act, the time to act is now. I don’t want this to repeat itself, therefore do the right thing.

You can also visit www.linkedin.com to check my profile.

Good luck,

Harold Constance.
Partner,
Fentons Solicitors.
fentonssolicitors@globomail.com

I checked linkedin.com for that name as they instructed and there is only one person but it clearly shows them to be someone else. So scammers, if you are going to pull a scam using someone’s name and then challenge the scam target to check on you as a way to assuage their fears – at least get the details right! LOL But I will give these scammers more credit than most – they have some semblance of grammar and basic proper language usage abilities.

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Often the scam will involve some attempt at cloaking the actual destination of any outbound links from the body of the email. Usually these are easily spotted by mousing your cursor over the link and reading the destination address in the footer bar of your browser or email client. Though some more clever scammers will try to avoid this by other means or by relying on those unaware of how to increase the security of their email clients and browsers. Whenever possible set your email client or browser to display in plain text and/or the full source code. That way you can view exactly where the outbound addresses lead.

Some more inventive scammers will go a bit further and will register domain names that are confusingly similar to the real thing. But with a bit of education and time you will quickly learn how to spot these as well. And the dead giveaway is always the domain name extension.

A domain name extension is always the last part after the “.” in a website address before the first trailing slash. For example this website uses the extension “ca” which is reserved for Canada. Scammers will try to cloak this by maybe even including the actual website address in their own url address by using subdomains:

Some further examples:
www.canada.gc.ca.imascammer.net/fake
In this example the domain extension is .net. Notice its location furthermost to the right and immediately before the first trailing slash.

www.canadarevenueagency..co.cc/
For this example the domain extension is .co.cc

We are all familiar with the most popular domain extensions like “com”, “net” and “org”. But when it comes to fake Government of Canada websites the one you need to remember is “gc.ca”. That domain name extension is reserved solely for the use by the Canadian government. If the email you get doesn’t have that as the domain name extension and is claiming to be from the Canadian government – it is a fake.

You can even go further to protect yourself if you are still unsure. You can visit the .gc.ca registry and confirm the domain exists in the official registry. Find the registry here – http://registre-registry.gc.ca/accueil-home_eng

One thing to never do though is even out of curiosity – is to click the links found in these emails or visit those websites. They are likely candidates for other nefarious activity like virus and trojan transmission to your website browser and computer.

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You can immediately spot the next scam as just more internet fraud by some rather simple clues. First who is this person, why are they contacting you if they don’t know you and why should you believe they are who they say they are? Answer those questions as you read any suspect email. If you don’t know who the sender is and you don’t know why they are contacting you you can pretty sure it’s a scam, fake, fraud, con or whatever else you want to call it.

The sender of the following scam email pretends to be Canadian but never once capitalizes the nation’s name. Add in the pathetic attempt at proper English and you have yourselves the making of comical though still scam email. And as we so often see the sender tries to tug your religious heart and gain your trust by dropping God’s name. And come on scammer, Canadians are not stupid we don’t use yahoo.com.hk email addresses!

Though after reading the following scam email I do want a vault house. It sounds so secure.

The following is completely unedited, and is as it was sent to us.

From: Mrs Christina soo Santos

I am the above named person from canada. I am married to Mr David soo Santos who worked with canada Embassy for seven years before he died .We were married for years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only two weeks. Before his death we were both born again Christians. Since his death I decided not to r e-marry or get a child outside my Matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of (four Million seven hundred thousand United State Dollars) as safe deposit with a vault house.

Presently, this money is still deposited as safe deposit with vault house .Recently; my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next four months due to cancer Problem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to donate this Fund to church or better still a Christian individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in.To fund orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth.

I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this Money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don’t want my husband’s hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. The lord he will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health and because of the presence of my husband’s relatives around me always. I don’t want them to know about this development.

With God all things are possible As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the vault house I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the original- beneficiary of this Fund. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life.

Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for a church or Christian individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly
as I stated herein Hoping to hearing from you. I have set aside 10% for you and for your time and 5% for any expenses if there is any then remaining balance for the word of God.

Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.

Yours in Christ,

Mrs Christina soo Santos
Email: mrschristinasoosantos@yahoo.com.hk

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Did you apply for a job with these people? Are you even looking for work? Was the email addressed to you personally – and this one wasn’t if you look at the source code of the email – which fakes the sender’s address and replaces it with your own. A reputable company doesn’t do such things – they address you personally and don’t hide their identity from you.

As well notice the very poor grammar and spelling. We have not edited the email text below in any way. They try to lure you with the huge starting salary for very part-time work. That should be a hint to any working person that this is a fake…

The domain name international-ca.com WHOIS shows that it was just registered today and it is already sending out scams via spam email. The website resolves to a server setup page. What kind of company offers that starting money that just started out that day? That’s right – none.

The following is a scam. Do not reply in any way to the scammer.

Hello,

Our company offering a JOB with a salary starting from
$2,036 up to $6,885 per month.

This is in view of our not having a branch office presently in Canada.
Due to ebay paypal and other electronic payment systems policies wich is prohibit to work directly
with residents of some countries, we cannot work directly with individuals, so we need responsible employeefor
intermediary services to be our official representative in Canada.

Requirements:
No experience needed, you need to have at least one bank account in Canada, availability of 2 – 3 hours of spare time per day
and internet-access or phone for communication.

If you are interested in our proposition, you can request more information at Donald@international-ca.com

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As with all these email borne scams there are the same clues people should follow to keep from falling victim. Remember people don’t just give away money online to people they don’t know – for any reason. Here we are lead to believe we won the lottery – so who wouldn’t want that money? Think about it, did you EVEN ENTER the draw? There are no free, non-enter, million dollar lotteries anywhere in the world. They don’t exist so how could you have won a lottery you didn’t enter, and in our case – we live in Canada, not the UK!

Next is the email and contact information. Legitimate businesses always use company email addresses, not freely obtained ones from Yahoo or Google etc. Speaking of Google, try googling portions of the email you get in your inbox and like this one, you will quickly see listing after listing detailing these as fakes, scams and frauds. Two seconds of work can save you thousands of dollars and lots of embarrassment.

If you get the email below it is a fake, scam, fraud, or whatever else you may want to call it. Do not respond to it in any way. If you have responded and given away your personal details you best contact your financial institutions and local government to have your passwords and other security checks looked over and changed.

THE U.K. NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE LOTTERY PROMO DEPT.

Customer Service.
PO Box 1010
Liverpool L70 1NL
United Kingdom.

Ref N0: KPL/09-002/JA.

Attn: Winner.

We happily bring to your notice the results of the U.K.National Lottery annual draw held on the 15th of August 2007 in London. The online lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 50,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet.

Congratulations!

Your e-mail address attached to the Batch N0:P2/0056 with Serial number: 06/1055 drew, 18-01-07 [5] [11][13] [17] [14] [48] [25], which subsequently won you a prize in the category B You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) in cash credited to file Ref N0: KPL/09-002/JA.

This prize is from a total cash prize of 4,500,000.00(Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) shared amongst the first Three (3) lucky winners in this grand category ”B”. This year Lottery program Jackpot is the largest ever for the UK National Lottery. The estimated 35,000,000.00 (Thirty Five Million Great British Pounds) jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in the U.K. history next year(2008).

The Lowest was the 4,000,000.00 (Four Million Great British Pounds) jackpot that was shared between Four (4) lucky winners in January 2006 draw of the Big Game Mega Millions” predecessor.

For security reasons, be advised to keep your winning information from public notice until your claims is processed and your prize money remitted to you as required in this grand category B terms and conditions of claims. This is a part of ourprecautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by non winners.

Please note that, your lucky winning number: [5] [11][13] [17] [14] [48] [25] falls within our European Booklet representative office in London as indicated in our play Coupon. In view of this, your 1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) would be released to you by our affiliate bank.

Our approved agent, Mr. Donald Enshaw will immediately commence on the processing of your claims, to facilitate the release of your Winnings to you as soon as you make contact with him.

Please be advised as follows: To file for your claim, kindly contact our certified and accredited claims agent with the information below:

Name: Donald Enshaw
E-mail:enshaw01@gmail.com
Tel: 44 – 770-7855931
Fax: 44 – 870-1380133
Claims Processing Agent
For: The U.K National Lottery.

You are advised to provide him with the following information:

Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:

Note that, all claims processes and clearance procedures must be duly completed early to avoid impersonation or double claiming.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your Reference and Batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of the UK National Lottery Promo.

Yours Faithfully,
Shivad Carlos

Online Co-ordinator
UK National Lottery Promo
Promo

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