So, how long should it take my bank to get a phishing site taken down?

[ho'ard]

Received a fairly decent e-mail with a link to supposedly one of my banks:
http://www.hacumessagecenter.org
Normally I'd say you'd have to be kind of dumb to fall for this, however this bank has proven that they'd be dumb enough to actually send such an e-mail and have such a horrible login interface.

So, big bold alert on the real site:
http://www.hacu.org

But, shouldn't it be possible to get this page taken down right away?
Whois shows they used Yahoo to register (the contact phone for Mary the domain owner goes to a Urologist).


Domain ID150650671-LROR
Domain Name:HACUMESSAGECENTER.ORG
Created On:15-Jan-2008 12:47:00 UTC
Last Updated On:15-Jan-2008 12:47:01 UTC
Expiration Date:15-Jan-2009 12:47:00 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Melbourne IT, Ltd. dba Internet Names Worldwide (R52-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:C12004012193102
Registrant Name:Mary Gusu
Registrant Organization:Mary Gusu
Registrant Street1:113 Cedar Cove Lane
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant Cityelham
Registrant State/Province:AL
Registrant Postal Code:35124
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.2056631781
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:marygusu@yahoo.com
Admin ID:C120038257803998
Admin Name:Mary Gusu
Admin Organization:Mary Gusu
Admin Street1:113 Cedar Cove Lane
Admin Street2:
Admin Street3:
Admin Cityelham
Admin State/Province:AL
Admin Postal Code:35124
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.2056631781
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
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Admin Email:marygusu@yahoo.com
Tech ID:C12004012193101
Tech Name:YahooDomains TechContact
Tech Organization:Yahoo! Inc
Tech Street1:701 First Ave.
Tech Street2:
Tech Street3:
Tech City:Sunnyvale
Tech State/Province:CA
Tech Postal Code:94089
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.6198813096
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech FAX:
Tech FAX Ext.:
Tech Email:domain.tech@YAHOO-INC.COM
Name Server:YNS1.YAHOO.COM
Name Server:YNS2.YAHOO.COM
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[ztirffritz]

They can only work as fast as Yahoo. Plus it takes some time for DNS caches around the world to clear it from their records.

[mattkime]

Possibly forever. Banks have a great deal of influence in society but they don't control the interweb.

If you're concerned about phishing exploits then i recommend that you run firefox. i've clicked on urls for phishing attempts and its always presented me with a very stern warning.

[ho'ard]

I'm not concerned about phishing sites (personally) and I do use Firefox, and this message gave no such alert.
I am concerned that many people will fall for this.