Halifax Bank: Your access has been suspended - Halifax Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 23rd May 2010	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Halifax Bank: Your access has been suspended

Apparent Sender:

Halifax

Return Address:

Onlineservice@halifax.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.i-m-secrets.com/images/halifax-online.c
o.uk/_mem_bin/formslogin.asp/

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
https://halifax-online.co.uk/_mem_bin/custome
r/formslogin.asp

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

10297-135720-375966

Comments:

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

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

The anchor text appears as a legitimate URL, but don't be fooled - clicking on it will take you to a phishing site!

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 VALUED CUSTOMER,

Your access to Online Services has been
suspended. Due to a miss-match access code
between
your Security information. To enable you
continue accessing your online account it
will only
take you few minutes to re-activate your
account. Click on the link below and you will
be taken straight to where you
can activate your account.

https://halifax-online.co.uk/_mem_bin/custome
r/formslogin.asp

Important Notice:- You are strictly advised
...

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