Most of the phishing attempts and scam e-mails I warn people about are not hard to spot as such. But here’s one that could just be mistaken for an authentic e-mail by someone who doesn’t look at it closely enough. The key for realizing this is an attempt to get your account info rather than a genuine e-mail from Capital One is that the web site it sends you to is not the Capital One site, but a site made to look like it at the domain iseoul.net. It is a fake – don’t fall for it!
Here’s the full text of the e-mail:
Congratulations!
You’ve been selected to take part in our quick and easy 9 questions survey.
In return we will credit $20 to your account – Just for your time!
Please spare two minutes of your time and take part in our online survey so we can improve our services.
Don’t miss this chance to change something.
To access the form please click the link:
http://www.capitalone.iseoul.net:202/capital.online.survey/survey.php
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