*Beware* Moneybookers phishing scam

Important note to oDesk Providers using Moneybookers:

Please be aware there is a phishing email going around attempting to get user's Moneybookers account information. If you get this email do not open the links and delete the email immediately.  Below is information on how to recognize these scams and a copy of the Moneybookers Phishing email.

How to tell if an e-mail message is fraudulent:

Here are a few phrases to look for if you think an e-mail message is a phishing scam.

"Verify your account."
Businesses should not ask you to send passwords, login names, Social Security numbers, or other personal information through e-mail.

"If you don't respond within 48 hours, your account will be closed."
These messages convey a sense of urgency so that you'll respond immediately without thinking. Phishing e-mail might even claim that your response is required because your account might have been compromised.

"Dear Valued Customer."
Phishing e-mail messages are usually sent out in bulk and often do not contain your first or last name.

"Click the link below to gain access to your account."
HTML-formatted messages can contain links or forms that you can fill out just as you'd fill out a form on a Web site.
The links that you are urged to click may contain all or part of a real company's name and are usually "masked," meaning that the link you see does not take you to that address but somewhere different, usually a phony Web site.

For example, in the email below, although the link seems to go to www.moneybooker.com/... it actually goes to http://www.accessnetsol.net/app/index.html which is not a Moneybookers website.

Moneybookers phishing email:

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******************************************************************************************* THIS IS AN AUTOMATED EMAIL - PLEASE DO NOT REPLY. TO REPLY YOU MUST LOGIN TO YOUR MONEYBOOKERS ACCOUNT AND SEND US A MESSAGE VIA OUR MESSAGING CENTRE. ******************************************************************************************* Dear Moneybookers Customer, You have added example@email.com as a new email address for your Moneybookers account. Please login to your account : https://www.moneybookers.com/app/login.pl Thank you for using Moneybookers! ******************************* Moneybookers Security Reminders Protect Your Password Moneybookers and its representatives will NEVER ask you to reveal your password. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy. If anyone asks for your password by phone or by email, or on any website other than moneybookers.com, refuse and immediately report this to security@moneybookers.com. Access your account ONLY using the login link on the Moneybookers homepage Please be advised that Moneybookers and its representatives will NEVER send you an email asking you to provide your login details within a form provided or to click on a hyperlink to access your account! Immediately report any incident to security@moneybookers.com. Case Sensitive Login Please remember your password is case-sensitive, at least 6 characters long and contains at least one number or non-alphabetic character such as '-'. *******************************

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