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Lame spams of the day: so many ebills

December 26, 2012 By Robert 4 Comments Filed Under: Malware, Spam Tagged With: Malware, Spam

I got two dozen of these this morning, which may be some kind of record.  This site says they’re malware delivery devices, so do not click on them!

A few of the senders:

alets-no-reply@customercenter.citibank.com

alets-no-reply@serviceemail6.citibank.com

alets-no-reply@citibank.com

citibankonline@customercenter.citibank.com

citibankonline@customercenter.citibank.com

serviceemail@citibank.com

Some of the subject lines said the bills were from AT&T, Verizon, or American Express, bill but the logos are all Citi’s.  There’s some great mangled English among the subjects.

Sample subjects:

Recent eBill is  Available. From:  Citibank Credit Card

Your got  Further eBill  Ready for review from  Citibank Credit Card

Your got  Fresh eBill  Is Ready from  Citibank Credit Card

Your New eBill from Citibank Credit Card

Your  Recent eBill from Citibank Credit Card

Your New eBill from AT&T Bill

You have received a New eBill from  AT&T Bill

You have received a New eBill from  American Express

Your just received New eBill  Ready for review from  American Express

Your  Recent eBill from American Express

Your  Recent eBill from American Express

You have received a  Recent eBill from  American Express

Your  Renewed eBill from American Express

Your New eBill from Verizon Wireless

Your  Recent eBill from Verizon Wireless

Fresh eBill is  Available. From:  Verizon Wireless

Sample text:

New eBill Ready for review
________________________________________
     Account Number: **************1
Due Date: 12/28/2012
Amount Due: 52.94
Minimum Amount Due: 52.94

How do I view this bill?
1. Sign on to Citibank Online using this link.
2. Use the Payments Menu to find the bill pointed in this message.
3. Select View Bill to overview your bill details. Select the icon to see your bill summary.

Please don’t reply to this message.

If you have any questions about your bill, please contact Verizon Wireless directly. For online payment questions, please choose Bill Payment from the menu.

E-mail Security Zone
At the top of this message, you’ll see an E-mail Security Zone. Its goal is to help you check that the e-mail was in reality sent by Citibank. If you have questions, please visit our help center. To learn more about fraud, click “Security” at the bottom of the screen.

To set up alerts sign on clicking here and go to Account Profile.

I prefer not to have this email contain specific information from my statement. Please send me just the announcement that my statement is ready to view online.

Here’s a sample:


 

 

Robert

Comments

  1. Michael says

    December 26, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    I just got mine on December 26. Thanks for verifying what I already thought. These people should really think about getting someone who can speak the English language correctly, to write their subject line.

  2. st says

    December 27, 2012 at 5:44 am

    Interestingly enough, the poor command of the English language is not what raised my eyebrows. It was the assertion that Citibank would be sending billing statements to an Amex account-holder whose name is my e-mail address.

  3. Jay says

    December 27, 2012 at 8:44 am

    I received the “Renewed eBill from Verizon” phishing email on 12/26/12. Mine had a due date of [sic] “28/22/2012” and that I owed $7,510.20 with links to logon to my Citibank account.. Really funny as the quality of the email was so bad, I am NOT a Verizon Customer, and I am NOT a Citibank customer. I was going to send it to Verizon, but looks like its probably been reported.

  4. Annie says

    December 31, 2012 at 6:24 am

    I received one this a.m. from citibankonline@customercenter.citibank.com indicating my Verizon bill is due and is $4,684.19. I have a new Verizon account so I wondered…and then, ‘nah’. Spam.

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