So here is another phishing email supposedly from Wachovia bank.

If you look closely at the message it just doesn't read right. In the first sentence, there should not be a comma after the word Banking. In the second sentence there are missing words that, if present, would make the sentence read properly.

If you actually mouse over the link in the message, the real addresses shows at the bottom of the email. The site appears to be hosted at the Beijing Pharmaceutical College web site.

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So this email is telling me that there was an issue updating my account during a process to provide me secure online access to my account. Ok, if they know where to send an email to contact me about my account, why don't they have access to the rest of my information?

Even if you miss the poor grammar and the big "Update Now" link that actually points to the Beijing Pharmaceutical College web site, this one should stand out as not being quite right.

On a side note, no bank that I would use will send you to an external site to enter your account information, secured or not.

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Here is an example of a phishing email that is targeting citibank account holders. This email is written better than most of phishing attempts I have seen, but there are still some tell tale signs that this message just isn't right.

• The first sentence in the second paragraph doesn't make sense, the wording isn't correct.
• Then when you mouse over the link the address, in the bottom part of the email doesn't match the text in the message.

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Here is an example of an attempt to mislead Branch Banking and Trust customers. Even though the message looks ok, there are a couple of tip offs.

• The grammar through out the message isn't right
• When you mouse over the link, the target address shown at the bottom of the message does not match the link text in the message.

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