I received this phishing email today.  It probably got through Yahoo’s spam filter because it is image spam.   Clicking on the image in the email, takes you  to some site in Italy.

I thought it interesting that it targets customers of the State Department Federal Credit Union.  Perhaps the scammers are targeting this institution because they recognize the financial crisis that the banks are in right now.  Or maybe it’s something more sinister.

I would hope that State Department employees recognize this as a phishing email.  I would also not be surprised to see the number of phishing emails increase due to the financial crisis.  People already worried about the health of their financial institutions might be more apt to respond to email correspondence presumably from their banks.

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