Target:E-gold
Date discovered:16/05/2006

 General The goal is to get the following information:
    • Bank account
    • Personal data


Phishing method:
    • URL link

 Email Details From: support@e-gold.com
Subject: Your e-gold account status, urgent action is required !

Visible link: http://www.e-gold.com/acct/login.html?update
Actual link: http://200.171.6.81/e-gold/index.html
IP address: 200.171.6.81


The email is designed to avoid detection from Antispam and Antiphishing. The technique is:
    • The Body of the email contains HTML content.



This screenshot is how the phishing email looks like:


 Page Details Visible URL: http://200.171.6.81/e-gold/index.html
Actual URL: http://200.171.6.81/e-gold/index.html
IP address: 200.171.6.81


The phishing page will look like the following:



Description inserted by Dominik Auerbach on Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Description updated by Dominik Auerbach on Wednesday, May 17, 2006

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