MAYBANK2U SCAM ALERT!

I was pleasantly surprised to receive this email from Maybank to say that I needed to unblock my Maybank2U account. I did not have such an account and when I decided to receive the email, I decided to do my own sleuthing (very easy actually) and see where the spammer might be hiding. below is the text in the email:

from Alert Maybank2u
dateTue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:59 AM
subjectMaybank Unblock Account !
mailed-bybounce.secureserver.net
from - alert-online@maybank.com.my

Unblock Account !
We have been unable to access your login identity in m2u database files.
Maybank has encountered a problem and you need to authenticate.
Please login at maybank2u to restore your account access.

We are sorry for the inconvenience !

The mail allegedly came from Maybank2U hyperlinked here: http://111.red-79-148-110.staticip.rima-tde.net/

I decided to trace the IP to reveal the real culprit. See the report below:

The original sender was from Abu Dhabi,

I am alerting you guys to the possible scam to get your passwords if you have Maybank2U. Do not click on any link. I

f you need to change any personal details, go to the bank and do it from there.

If not, then call up the bank's Online Maybank2U section and ask for clarification - if indeed they had sent the email.

If it turns out to be a scam, just tag the email as Spam so that your system takes care of it even before it reaches you.


The email sender, in this case, used the IP address at: 83.111.123.165 from United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. Further check revealed that the server was owned by the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, under its Ministry of Labour. Let's hope if there was anyone from that organisation, he/she is alerted to this scam.

Meanwhile, if you have a Maybank2U account, I suggest you be extra careful when using it to transact.

To check IPs or mail trace, go http://www.ip-adress.com