Abbey Security Notice - Abbey Alert Phishing Scams

Abbey Alert


Date Reported: 27th June 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Abbey Security Notice

Apparent Sender:

Abbey Alert

Return Address:

alerts@secure.abbey.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://uk.allergyliberation.com/update/?a=myonline
accounts2.abbeynational.co.uk/CentralLogonWeb/Logo
n?action=prepare

Anchor text of URLs:

1) skip to main content, 2) Security
Notice - Service
Upgrade D
ear valued customer,Our current system is due
a planned service upgrade to improve your
experience while using Abbey Online Banking.
Due to this we are required to request you to
take part in filling out a simple form as
part of the upgrade procedure and to confirm
your login details. Please follow the link to
the form and follow instructions from the
Abbey
website: http://myonlineaccounts2.abbeynation
al.co.uk/CentralLogonWeb/

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

2098-29044-189236

Comments:

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

Abbey Alert 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.

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SECURITY NOTICE - SERVICE UPGRADE

Dear valued customer,

Our current system is due a planned service
upgrade to improve your experience while
using Abbey Online Banking. Due to
this we are required to request you to take
part in fill...

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