[nznog] Phishing expedition - Westpac heads-up!

Had a friend who connect via ihug forward me an email - someone phishing for Westpac user ID's. They're blanket spamming it because he isn't even a Westpac customer. Might be an idea for all your ISP's to send out a warning message to your clients - good PR exercise.

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Reply-To: Westpac Sender: Westpac MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Dear Westpac Bank Member,

This email was sent by the Westpac server to verify your e-mail address. You must complete this process by clicking on the link below and entering in the small window your Westpac Banking Customer ID and Password. This is done for your protection --- because some of our members no longer have access to their email addresses and we must verify it.

To verify your e-mail address and access your bank account, click on the link below. If nothing happens when you click on the link, copy and paste the link into the address bar of your web browser.

http://www.westpac.com.nz:ac-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(a)XXXXXXXXX.Da.rU/ ?XXXXXXXXXXX

-------------------------------------------------- Thank you for using Westpac Bank! --------------------------------------------------