HSBC Alert: Your Online HSBC Banking Access - HSBC Bank Phishing Scams

HSBC Bank


Date Reported: 26th September 2010	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

HSBC Alert: Your Online HSBC Banking Access

Apparent Sender:

HSBC Bank

Return Address:

customerservice@hsbc.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://edison.if.ua/site/help/.onlinebanking/1.php
?jsessionidÊM10:jsessionid00RcSVT4vYF7HNB8AsppR8H
Ro:11j71fovq?IDV_URL=hsbc.MyHSBC_pib

Anchor text of URLs:

1) http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/HSBC/logon

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

12869-176216-441988

Comments:

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

HSBC Bank 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.

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We are writing to let you know that our
monitoring process has temporarily suspended
your online banking access.
This has been done due to the number of
incorrect login attempts.

At HSBC Bank, we take the job of protecting
our customers very seriously, so for your
protection we are proactively
notifying you of this activity.

To restore access to your online banking
please click on the link below .

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Website:

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