Halifax Online Banking Security - Halifax Bank Plc Phishing Scams

Halifax Bank Plc


Date Reported: 5th July 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Halifax Online Banking Security

Apparent Sender:

Halifax Bank Plc

Return Address:

Alert@halifax.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://angeleyes4india.com/catalog/email/Login.php

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Dear Hbos Customer, For your
security, we have temporarily prevented
access to your account.The Online
Banking Team safeguards your account when
there is a possibility that someone
other than you is signing on. You may be
getting this message because you are
signing on from a different location
or device.If this is the case, your access
may be restored when you reactivate
your account.Sign-in to your account
below to continue to the verification
process.
CLICK HERE TO LOGIN

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

2361-32527-197640

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.

Dear Hbos Customer,

For your security, we have temporarily
prevented access to your account.The Online
Banking Team safeguards your
account when there is a possibility that
someone other than you is signing on. You may
be getting this message because
you are signing on from a different location
or device.If this is the case, your access
may be restored when you
reactivate your account.Sign-in to your
account below to continue to the verification
process.

CLIC...

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