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Malicious Email Impersonating lendingtree.com

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  • Date published Jun 21, 2012
  • Article update date Jun 27, 2018 2018-06-27T10:15:41-05:00
Malicious Email Impersonating lendingtree.com

Lastnight I received an e-mail message with the subject "2.5% Refinance - Trusted Lenders - Refi Now and Save", appearing as if it came from LendingTree with the 'From' e-mail address as lendingtree @xillia.info. When I clicked on one of the links in the message, I was redirected to the malicious website www.secureforrent.com. This website (www.secureforrent.com) was blocked by my anti-virus (Avast), which indicated that this website contains malwares.

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This is how the e-m ail message looks

Malicious Email Impersonating lendingtree.com

Avast Free Anti-virus blocking the malicious website (www.secureforrent.com)

Avast Free Anti-virus blocking the malicious website (www.secureforrent.com)

If you receive this e-mail, please do not click on any of the links in this malicious e-mail message and do not visit www.secureforrent.com.

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