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Date Reported: 21st October 2009 |
Risk Level: MEDIUM |
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Email Subject: |
Abbey Online Security Measures |
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Apparent Sender: |
Abbey National |
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Return Address: |
Plconline.update@abbey.com |
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Email Format: |
HTML |
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URL of Web Content: |
http://casada-by.com/classes/adodbt/online.php |
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Anchor text of URLs: |
1) http://www.abbey.com/signon?LOB=CONS&scre enidŽtivate_Acct |
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Location: |
Location not available |
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Scam number: |
5091-70720-270474 |
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Comments: |
- Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Abbey National by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.
- Abbey National never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.
- The anchor text appears as a legitimate URL, but don't be fooled - clicking on it will take you to a phishing site!
- 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.
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Dear Abbey Customer:
For your security, the profile that you are using to access Abbey Online Banking has been locked because of too many failed login attempts. You can activate this profile online by clicking on the link below: http://www.abbey.com/signon?LOB=CONS&screenid Žtivate_Acct
We regret any inconvenience this may cause you.
Sincerely, Abbey Account Review Department. We are requesting this information to verify and protect your iden...
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