Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007

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PartyPoker.com players victims of phishing attempt

By Erin Warner

So-called phishers spammed PartyPoker.com customers last night in an attempt to gain access to players' personal account details and log-in information.

Posing as PartyPoker.com administration, the perpetrators sent e-mails to some of the popular poker room's customers.

The spam tried to obtain account details of players by tricking them into giving up their personal information by clicking on an attached link.

"Dear poker player," the message reads. "Information for US and all over the World based customers on the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. On September 30, 2006, the United States Congress passed The Safe Port Act.

"That measure also contained certain provisions known as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. On October 2, 2006, Party Gaming made an announcement regarding the impact the act would have on business when, as expected, it is signed into law," it says.

Beneath is a link to a fake PartyPoker.com log-in page designed to harvest account details.

By logging in via the link, players would give the imposters full reign to transfer money from their accounts or gamble online with the funds.

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