Account Limitation Problem - Must Read - Halifax Bank plc® Phishing Scams

Halifax Bank plc®


Date Reported: 22nd October 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Account Limitation Problem - Must Read

Apparent Sender:

Halifax Bank plc®

Return Address:

halifax.helpdesk@hbosplc.com

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.polstroy.ru/goodscat/smarty/templates_c
/Halifax.php

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
https://www.halifax-online.co.uk/_mem_bin/for
mslogin.asp

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

5139-71177-271343

Comments:

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

Halifax Bank plc® 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.

PERSONAL AND BUSINESS ACCOUNTS

Valued Customer,

We have recently noticed that someone has
made " 3 " suspicious attempts
to log into your online account from this
(IP) address " 241.238.141.88 "
Therefore our security commitment forces us
to block your account
temporarily until you verify your identity on
our systems.

https://www.halifax-online.co.uk/_mem_bin/for
mslogin.asp

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Website:

Website was not online when we checked. It returned the error 404

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