Capital One redirector - Discuss

13 Apr 2005


      Wow!  Look at this open Capital One redirector in a phishing spam.  Talk about 
a phisher's dream come true!
Capital One is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its 
community of buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, 
Capital One Bank employs some of the most advanced security systems in the 
world 
and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the Capital One Bank system for 
unusual activity.
We recently have determined that different computers have logged onto your 
Capital One Banking account, and multiple password failures were present 
before the 
logons. We now need you to re-confirm your account information to us. If this 
is 
not completed by April 14, 2006, we will be forced to suspend your account 
indefinitely, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you 
for 
your cooperation in this manner.
In order to confirm your Online Bank records, we may require some specific 
information from you.
Click below to verify your account
http://www.capitalone.com/redirect.html?
linkid=SECURITY+VALIDATION&dest=http://24.232.117.142/bin/capitalone.com/
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that 
this is 
a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporaly 
suspend 
your account.
Thank you for using Capital One Bank!
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It looks like the website has been taken down, but the redirector is still 
open.
--
Craig