CBOnline Alerting Service: Service Update (Urgent) - Clydesdale Bank Phishing Scams

Clydesdale Bank


Date Reported: 21st July 2006	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

CBOnline Alerting Service: Service Update (Urgent)

Apparent Sender:

Clydesdale Bank

Return Address:

< OnlineNotification@cbonline.co.uk >

Email Format:

Text

URL of Web Content:

http://www.chncla.com/Online/Auth(auth= DQAAAHIAAADCLXaeo1U7gJxz4F3204mmXzRx

Location:

China

Scam number:

aa-3089

Comments:

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

Clydesdale Bank never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "https://home.cbonline.co.uk/cgi-bin/serverlet/ login.html?message=update_Act".

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.

The REAL URL of the spoof website has been chosen to look very similar to the actual Clydesdale Bank URL. Do not be fooled!

"During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and Online verification procedures, we have detected a slight error in your account information."

Dear clydesdale customer,

During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and Online verification procedures, we have detected a slight error in your account information.

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information ( i.e. change of address).
2. Submitting invalid information during the initial sign up process.

Please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:

https://home.cbonline.co.uk/cgi-bin/ serverlet/login.html?message=update_Act .

For help please contact Clydesdale Customer Service immediately by

email at
< mailto:customerservice@cbonline.co.uk > customerservice@cbonline.co.uk.com or call us at 0141 248 7071 .

Thank you for using < http://www.cbonline.co.uk > Clydesdale Bank Internet Banking!

Website:

Spoof website not online at time of report...

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CBOnline Alerting Service: Service Update(Urgent)

Clydesdale Bank

CBOnline Alerting Service: Service Update
(Urgent)