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Fraud Alert - Email Address Change Declined

Halifax Bank


Date Reported: 7th November 2006	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Fraud Alert - Email Address Change Declined

Apparent Sender:

Halifax Bank

Return Address:

Halifax Online Banking Service < onlinebanking@halifax-bank.co.uk >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.minken.org/home/halifax.co. uk/formslogin.php?client=1

Location:

Sweden

Scam number:

aa-3735

Comments:

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

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

The REAL URL of the spoof website is hidden by a hyperlinked image in the body of the email. This is a technique used to get past spam filters that can only read normal text.

The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Halifax Bank URL.

"Yesterday, (November 2, 2006) at 15:46 GMT, our security systems recorded a suspicious and very unusual attempt to change your internet banking email address."

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