Friday, April 20, 2012

Security - Phishing examples

This post is a collection of sample phishing emails. Of course there are plenty of variety, I'm just listing the ones here which caught my attention. Feel free to post in the comments any examples of phishing you have encountered.

Case1:
The payload itself is delivered as a zip file which this email tempts the user to open. Obviously the file is not attached here. The point is that the email below looks very very legitimate.


From: HALL GILL [mailto:pilotstation@computerpostage.com]
Sent: Thursday, 19 April 2012 9:26 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: An error at the delivery

Delivery information,
Your parcel can’t be delivered by courier service.
Status deny: Address delivery doesn’t exist in database.
LOCATION OF YOUR PARCEL:Tempe
STATUS: sort order
SERVICE: Expedited Shipping
NUMBER OF YOUR PARCEL:U707019275 NU
INSURANCE: Yes
Postal label is enclosed to the letter.
Print your label and show it in the nearest post office of USPS
Important information! If the parcel isn’t received within 30 working days our company will have the right to claim compensation from you for it's keeping in the amount of $5.64 for each day of keeping.
You can find the information about the procedure and conditions of parcels keeping in the nearest office.
Thank you for attention.
USPS Global Services.

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