[plug] ANZ Fraud

[Daniel Pearson]

On the phone to them now, they said they were already aware of it. And then
started asking me if I logged into the site etc.. "Um, no - I rang you up to
inform about it". Heh, funny times.

Daniel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leon Blackwell" <leon at lostrealm.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] ANZ Fraud


> On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 08:31:16AM +0800, Daniel Pearson wrote:
> > - Due to technical update we recommend you to
> >   reactivate your account.
>
> That's always a worry...
>
>
> > To log into your account, please visit the ANZ
> > website at https://www.anz.com/ <http://64.46.114.91/>
>
> Linking to an IP address instead of a FQDN is an even bigger worry,
> especially when the IP doesn't resolve.  If you check, that IP address
> is most certainly not www.anz.com, and is not even hosted on the same
> continent.  Also, while it looks to be a https link, the actual link is
> only http.
>
> You might like to report this to ANZ directly, as I'm sure they'd be
> interested in warning other customers (who aren't all as technically
> savvy as the rest of us  :)
>
>
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