Important Notice From Online Banking – Bank Of Montreal Fraud

Email Phishing frauds for Bank Of Montreal are in high gear, with most arriving as:

Subject:     Important Notice From Online Banking
From:     BMO Bank of Montreal <helpdesk@bmo.com>

Though the sending address is of course spoofed, with these actually coming from bogus  and hijacked mail servers such as:

‘from beta.dnshree.com ([208.87.243.22])
<nobody@beta.dnshree.com>

Here’s a full copy of of the email fraud:

Important Notice From Online Banking - Bank of Montreal Fraud

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The fraudulent come-on is quite typical:

You have 1 new Security Message Alert concerning your online banking and account statement!

Log on to confirm your account status.

Naturally the “BMO Online Banking Secure Login Page” is instead linked to the Phishing landing page:

 

Bank of Montreal Fraud Phishing Site

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While all of the links such as “Learn More” and “protect your account” and even “report fraud emails” are valid links to the actual BMO website, the page itself is not a BMO page and is designed to turn over your username and password to the cyber-criminals behind this Phishing campaign.

 

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