ACCOUNT STATUS NOTIFICATION - Halifax Phishing Scams

Halifax


Date Reported: 18th August 2011	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

ACCOUNT STATUS NOTIFICATION

Apparent Sender:

Halifax

Return Address:

onlineservice@halifax.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.vikyno.com/online.updates.php

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Secure your access

Location:

WOONSOCKET, RI, UNITED STATES

Scam number:

18137-279436-620432

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.

DEAR ACCOUNT HOLDER,

New security precautions was taken into
consideration
by Halifax Bank to protect it's customers
from ever increasing instances of identity
theft and online fraud.

Among these is the New security module
introduced by Halifax
to permanently secure and protect customers
from these threats.
We implore you to help us serve you better by
upgrading
your
account in two easy steps.

SECURE YOUR ACCESS

Yours sincerely...

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