Fraudulent e-mail targets ANZ customers

Another spam e-mail fraudulently claiming to represent an Australian bank is doing the rounds, this time claiming to be from the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Banking Group.

ANZ has issued a warning about the e-mail, pointing out that the link included in the e-mail goes to a Web site identified by an IP address, rather than www.anz.com, the bank's Web address. The fraudulent Web site has the "look and feel" of the ANZ site, according to ANZ spokesperson Rita Zonius.

An indication that the ANZ e-mail is fraudulent is the poor English used. "Our new security system will help you to avoid frequently fraud transactions and to keep your investments in safety" reads the e-mail, which continues: "Due to technical update we recommend you to reactivate your account."

ANZ said it had no plans to issue a warning e-mail to all its customers. It said it would post a warning on its site about recent similar fraud attempts.

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Talkback 4 comments

    The most concerning issue this ...Anonymous -- 11/04/03

    The most concerning issue this raises is that the emails are able to be so well targeted to ANZ customers.

    How are the scammers obtaining the email addresses???

    I'd suggest they are randomly ...Anonymous -- 11/04/03

    I'd suggest they are randomly choosing email addresses, not getting them from ANZ in any way. Like the Commonwealth Bank scam, a large number of people would hold accounts.

    Having looked at what unfolded ...Anonymous -- 11/04/03

    Having looked at what unfolded with this in the morning, I can tell you it was just a mailing list that contained .com.au ending type domain names in the email address that received the email. The English was woeful to say the least in the offending email and to top it off; you really need to be gullible to fall for what the sender asked you to do.

    In any case the offending site was closed down this morning shortly after being discovered by the technical team at ANZ.

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