Interact Suite abused for phishing

Someone has send mail around requesting you, as an Interact Suite cusomer, to help them to “enhance security”. This is how the message looks like when opened in Outlook – where it will show up as HTML page (I guess most users have it set that way):
Urgent request like it shows as HTML-based mail (Outlook)
But in raw tekst (use “View source”), it’s appears to be some other addaress:

In accordance with introduction of the new security level in our system, it is urgently requested to follow this link
<a href=”http://interact.regions.secuserver8.com/ibsregions/cmserver/welcome/default/verify.cfm”>
https://interact.regions.com/ibsregions/cmserver/welcome/default/verify.cfm</a>
and to create a secret question/answer pair, which will be an additional measure for preventing nauthorized access to Your accounts.

In order that only customers will use this abusive link, is says:

If You are not Regions Bank US InterAct Customer please disregard this letter.

A good bank has proper relation management and this letter would not have been sent in the first place!

Full header as it appears on my system:

Return-Path: akstcutahmbdmnsdgs@utahmbd.com
Received: from 198.pool85-49-20.dynamic.orange.es (85.49.20.198)
by diana.intra.grootersnet.nl (V5.6-9, OpenVMS V8.3 Alpha);
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:49:49 +0100 (CET)
Return-Path:
Received: from aa.bb.cc.dd (HELO utahmbd.com)
by grootersnet.nl with esmtp (C-X)*-PU0A6G 7++;+S)
id B5J@/5-152D.< -M. for XXXXXXXXXX@XXXXXXXXXX.NL; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:49:44 -0100 From: "administration@XXXXXXXXXXXX.net"
To: < (Me)>
Subject: Urgent Request ID586948
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:49:44 -0100
Message-ID: <01c7c8bc$6345e3c0$6c822ecf@akstcutahmbdmnsdgs>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/related;
boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000A_01C7C8CD.26CEB3C0"
X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4963.1700
Thread-Index: Aca6Q7S.*N?F8/51UL9890?+F9?73)==

(for obvious reasons, I have removed email addresses – except the sender’s one. To start wityh, it looks like a complete bogus one, and if it isn’t, well, ít’s his own fault)

I have informed the ISP and the expected sender.

A difference in perception?

Hoff thinks it’s funny, I think it’s pathetic:

LIB$SIGNAL, JAVA style

If this is coding, modern style, I pity those that will have to mainain that code in the future. Or is this a way to make yourself irreplacable, or pump up your income (if you get paid by the characters typed)…

If Java had a only a function like LIB$SIGNAL, life would be much easier. If this is humour, it’s just to know our life as VMS programmers is much, much easier.