First Direct Bank_ Account Management - First Direct Phishing Scams

First Direct


Date Reported: 14th March 2013	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

First Direct Bank_ Account Management

Apparent Sender:

First Direct

Return Address:

customer-service@firstdirect.com

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.sweetsilverphoto.com/firstdirect/bankin
g.htm

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
https://www2.firstdirect.com/1/2/security/onl
ine-accounts.aspx

Location:

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

Scam number:

21438-387276-937425

Comments:

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

First Direct 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 FIRST DIRECT(tm) CUSTOMER,

WE HAVE TEMPORARILY PREVENTED ACCESS TO YOUR
ACCOUNT FOR YOUR SECURITY,
THIS IS DUE TO EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING
REASONS;

*YOUR LOGIN DETAILS HAS BEEN ENTERED
INCORRECTLY.
*YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN ACCESSED FROM A
BLACKLISTED LOCATION

FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW TO CONFIRM YOUR
IDENTITY AND RE-GAIN ACCOUNT ACCESS.

https://www2.firstdirect.com/1/2/security/onl
ine-accounts.aspx

ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT

FIRST DIRECT is a division ...

Website:

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