On October 1, 2009 third persons not related to
InstaForex Companies Group made unapproved mass mailing with the virus attachment supposedly from the official
InstaForex support e-mail. In the e-mail the company confirms a client that his account will be credited with a bonus if he fill in the form in the attachment. But in reality the attached file is nothing but a trojan designed to steal a client's privilaged information. Below you see can how this e-mail looks like:
From: Instaforex <
support@instaforex.com>
To: client@gmail.comSent: Thursday, October 1, 2009 10:02:18
Subject: Bonus $1000 Dear Trader,
We are happy to announce you that you won a bonus of $1000.
If You want to win your bonus, just complet this document and return it to us.
Hope you enjoy it
Customers, who have received these e-mails, became the victims of the phishing-attack organized by anonymous scammers. Using disadvantages in the SMTP, the hackers made e-mails with the fake
"Mail From" field. This helped them to hide the original mailing source and make addressees believe that they received an e-mail from
InstaForex Company.
InstaForex team is seriously worried about customers' safety and appeals to you follow the rules below to save your confidential data.
1. Do not provide your private information by e-mail:
InstaForex never requests passwords and other account data via e-mail.
2. Do not follow suspicious links in e-mail. Visit the company's website by entering this URL
http://instaforex.com in address bar of your browser.
3. Routinely check the statement of your account. In case you find any suspicious transaction immediately contact the company.
4. Check the security level of a site you visit:
InstaForex client cabinet is secured by
"https://" protocol.
5. Protect your computer with antivirus software.
6. Always inform the company in case of discovering a suspicious activity.
If you have neglected the safety precautions and opened the attachment from phishing e-mail nevertheless, immediately change your account's password and make a complete scanning of your computer by an antivirus program.












