[management@wellsfargo.com: Wells Fargo Bank Online]

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 20:32 +0000, Michele Neylon:: Blacknight.ie wrote:
> Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the
> Problem wrote:
> > 
> > I see. Still is it possible to warn someone about phishing?

> Contacting the bank directly is hopeless (other banks might be better
> but the US ones seem totally incapable of dealing with it)

> I'd contact the abuse@ for the IP space and let them deal with it.

	1) uce at ftc.gov
		Yes, they are set up for phishing, not just spam.

	2) Antiphishing Working Group:
		http://www.antiphishing.org/report_phishing.html
		reportphishing at antiphishing.org

	3) Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG)
		Not for reporting, just more information...
		http://www.maawg.org

> In a lot of cases the hosting is very much 0day :)

	A lot of the phishers don't even expect a site to survive a day.  Half
life of a phishing site is now down to only a few hours in many cases,
or less...

	Mike

> HTH

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