*** ***Customer Notice - Abbey Current Account Phishing Scams

Abbey Current Account


Date Reported: 28th August 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

*** ***Customer Notice

Apparent Sender:

Abbey Current Account

Return Address:

securityalert@abbey.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://lego.vitensenteret.no/templates_c/1.12.08AB
BEY/myonlineaccounts2/default.aspxrefereridentµ7C2
7732B1264762913866A21976564C3678278cookieid116113&
amp;noscrfalseCookieCheck2008-09-25T025621/Central
Logon/Logon.php

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Sign In To Online Service

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

3684-51627-233285

Comments:

Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Abbey Current Account by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.

Abbey Current Account never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The spoof website this email links to was not online at time of this report, but variations of the scam which link to working websites are bound to exist, so be wary! The website may have been taken down or disabled by the hosts, but quite often these websites are hosted on the personal computer of the phishers, so may only be online at certain times.

Valued Customer,

You are receiving this message due to fraud
multiple logon errors on your account,
therefore online access Needs
Security Update .

Sign In To Online Service with a few
additional questions to Secure and Update
your account

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Website:

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