Account Restriction Access - Halifax Phishing Scams

Halifax


Date Reported: 5th October 2010	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Account Restriction Access

Apparent Sender:

Halifax

Return Address:

online.ealerts@halifax-online.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.astecgmbh.de/admin/controller/total/hal
ifax-online.co.uk/_mem_bin/formslogin.asp/

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Click Here To Store Access

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

13172-180838-449853

Comments:

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

Halifax 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.

ENROLL YOUR ACCOUNT

You are receiving this message alert to
notify you that your Accounts Access has to
be confirmed by you.

Due to this, you are requested to follow the
provided steps and confirm your Online
Banking details for the safety of
your Accounts.

Please CLICK HERE TO STORE ACCESS .

However, Failure to do so may result in
permanent account suspension. Please
understand that this is a security measure
intended to help protect you and your acc...

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