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Halifax Maintenance Notification

Halifax Bank plc


Date Reported: 27th July 2011	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Halifax Maintenance Notification

Apparent Sender:

Halifax Bank plc

Return Address:

Customer-service@halifax.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.kanal77.com.mk/portal/components/com_me
dia/images/secure.php

Anchor text of URLs:

1) RESTORE ACCESS

Location:

WOONSOCKET, RI, UNITED STATES

Scam number:

17791-272625-608730

Comments:

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

Halifax 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 Halifax Customer,

We have temporarily restriced access to your
account due to security measures.
We are performing an ongoing maintenance on
our security system.
All that is required of you is to log into
your account to gain complete access back
kindly do that below now

RESTORE ACCESS
Online Service Team
Halifax Bank Plc 2011

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