EGG ALERT : ACCOUNT ACCESS BLOCKED - Egg Bank Plc. Phishing Scams

Egg Bank Plc.


Date Reported: 2nd November 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

EGG ALERT : ACCOUNT ACCESS BLOCKED

Apparent Sender:

Egg Bank Plc.

Return Address:

internet.alerts@egg.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.insuditalia.it/images/icons/customer.ht
m

Anchor text of URLs:

1) URL link is in form of image

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

5352-73485-277179

Comments:

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

Egg Bank Plc. 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 Customer,

To ensure your protection, we have now
blocked access to your accounts due
to a system error (error code : 0791e8p).

To re-gain access, you need to click the
"your accounts" button below and
re-confirm your security details. This will
only take a moment.

Thank you for banking with us as we continue
to do our best to serve you
better.

Sincerely,
Egg Security Department Team.
Account Reference: (1x4d.0x29.0x7e.0xcd)

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