Equifax Phish

Somebody very kindly forwarded to me an e-mail that they were suspicious of, which claimed to come from Equifax.

Here is a screenshot of the e-mail:



So, should they have been suspicious, or not?

Well, here is a screenshot of the website that the link in the e-mail above would have taken you to; note that the link shown isn't the one you end up on:



Does it look real to you, or not?

Let's call in the Cavalry and see what the FREE anti-phishing tools make of the site?

Here is a screenshot of the warning given by the FREE McAfee SiteAdvisor browser plugin:



Here is a screenshot of the warning given by the FREE Netcraft Anti-Phishing Toolbar browser plugin:



So, it seems that they were right to be suspicious, in fact a quick look at the link in the original e-mail made it obvious to me that this was a phishing scam.

The interesting thing about this Phishing attempt is that this is the first time I've seen one targeting Equifax, in fact I'd go as far as saying that this appears to be a 'Spear Phishing' attempt as it seems to have been sent to a small number of people.

So, if you are an Equifax customer be on your guard as it seems that the phishers are now spending significant amounts of their time to finely target their potential victims and try and get you to disclose your details....

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