E-Mail phishing alert: NACHA – ACH transaction cancelled

Posted by Gary Miller on September 29, 2011; This entry is filed under Security.
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Notes:

  1. This is one of various types of phishing scams supposed to originate from NACHA. In this case, it advises of a payment cancellation.
  2. There is usually an attachment to the message. Do not attempt to open this attachment!
  3. NACHA (The Electronic Payments Association) is a real and genuine organisation. They are responding positively and actively against this use of their name for fraudulent purposes.
  4. The details of this fraudulent e-mail have been submitted to the ‘Report Spam Email’ site.

Message details

From: account.manager@nacha.com

Message subject: The ACH transaction (ID:60587454 ) was canceled

Message content:

ACH Payment Canceled

The ACH transaction (ID:60587454 ),
recently initiated from your checking account (by you or any other person),
was canceled by the other financial institution.

Rejected transaction
Transaction ID: 60587454
Reason for rejection: See details in the attachment
Transaction Report: report_3482736.doc.zip (WinZip archive, Microsoft Word document)

13450 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 100 Herndon, VA 20171 (703)561-1100 2011 NACHA – The Electronic Payment Association

Let’s be careful out there…

2 Comments

  1. James September 30th, 2011 at 18:22

    Spamming is considered a blackhat SEO technique, and most, if not all, forum moderators do not tolerate it. Other forum members are sure to report you and when a moderator finally takes notice, you’ll certainly have your membership suspended if not revoked immediately and permanently.

    http://www.shelcorp.com/2011/07/say-no-to-forum-spamming

  2. Gary Miller September 30th, 2011 at 19:36

    James,

    Couldn’t agree more!

    But in this case, I’m trying to help others who receive the same phishing e-mails that I get. It’s nice to know that you’re not the only target of these e-mail spoofers.

    Trouble is, the addresses of real and genuine companies get hi-jacked.

    The battle against the spammers goes on…