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From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 06:47:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CIA GENERATED BOGUS "WELLSFARGO Acct" SCAM/PHISHING/possible VIRUS
WellsFargo Account Security Measures Notification [Wednesday, November 05, =
2008 23:26:18 PST -0400 UTC]
Thursday, November 6, 2008 8:06 AM
>From Wells Fargo Thu Nov 6 07:06:03 2008
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neutral (no sig)=20
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e3.yahoo.com with SMTP; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:39:42 -0800=20
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<wellsfargo@wellsconnect.wellsfargo.com>=20
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Date:=20
Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:06:03 +0100=20
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Wells Fargo <wellsfargo@wellsconnect.wellsfargo.com>=A0=A0Add sender to Con=
tacts=20
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WellsFargo Account Security Measures Notification [Wednesday, November 05, =
2008 23:26:18 PST -0400 UTC]=20
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As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the credi=
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garding your account. Your account may have been accessed by an unauthorize=
d third party.
As a precaution, we are requesting additional verification of your payment =
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Please send a fax with the following informations to remove any holds on th=
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