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Barclays security alert!
Barclays
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Date Reported: 20th June 2006  |
Risk Level: MEDIUM |
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Email Subject: |
Barclays security alert! |
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Apparent Sender: |
Barclays |
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Return Address: |
< alert@barclays.co.uk > |
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| Email Format: |
HTML |
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URL of Web Content: |
http://www.barc-secure.com/security/seclet4539/ |
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Location: |
Unknown |
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Scam number: |
aa-2900 |
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Comments: |
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Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Barclays by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.
- Barclays never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.
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The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "https://www.barclays.co.uk/security/seclet4539".
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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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The REAL URL of the spoof website has been chosen to look very similar to the actual Barclays URL. Do not be fooled!
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"More and more illegal operations took place with
Barclays Bank accounts during last months."
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Good afternoon, dear client!
More and more illegal operations took place with
Barclays Bank accounts during last months. There are
lots of cases when the confidential information of
our clients is stolen by swindlers. Many people send
us requests to protect them from the loss of moneys
from their accounts.
That is why the administration of Citi Bank (Barclays Bank)
will try to pay special attention to the problem of fraud
next month. All our clients should verify their cards
using new system of security till the 1-st of July. We
worked hard to improve the system of security. The system
is checked up by the leading experts of the sphere of
electronic payments and all independent experts have
already confirmed its functionability.
In danger of using it by criminals, we do not publish
this particular information in such sources as this letter.
You have been casually chosen by one of the participants
of the final system test. At present we offer you to use
your personal link
https://www.barclays.co.uk/security/ seclet4539
to be registered in the system.
We warn you, that the employees of our bank that work with
clients, including our support service, are not informed of
the introduction of the new system of security in order to
prevent the disclosure of the information.
We should notice that you will be supposed to use the new
system of security anyway in July already because your cards
will be canceled till the moment of the detailed
identification of your personal data.
Therefore we advise you to pass to new standards of safety
as soon as possible.
Your sincerely,
Barclays Fraud and Security Department.
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