Halifax Online Service Updates - Halifax Bank Phishing Scams

Halifax Bank


Date Reported: 15th August 2011	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Halifax Online Service Updates

Apparent Sender:

Halifax Bank

Return Address:

Customer-security@halifax.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.firstfractionalgroup.com/confirmation.h
tml

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Click here to complete your account

Location:

NOTTINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM

Scam number:

18086-278205-618307

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 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 Customer,

We are sorry to inform you that your account
in
Halifax Online Banking System is not fully
available.

During the last update of your account
details, our security
system reported many required fields not
filled.

To finish the activation process please
follow the link below.

Click here to complete your account

This verification will allow us to activate
new features for your account

Regards
Halifax Bank © 2011...

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Website:

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