HSBC Bank Plc - Access Suspended :- - HSBC Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 25th April 2010	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

HSBC Bank Plc - Access Suspended :-

Apparent Sender:

HSBC

Return Address:

internetbanking@hsbc.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://solocartas.com/tienda/images/IBlogin.html

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
HTTP://WWW.HSBC.CO.UK/1/2/ONLINE-BANKING/LOG-
ON.ASPX

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

9476-125041-360587

Comments:

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

HSBC 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.

We detected irregular activity on your HSBC
Card so we
have currently suspended your Internet
Banking. Click on
the link below to restore your Internet
Banking access.

HTTP://WWW.HSBC.CO.UK/1/2/ONLINE-BANKING/LOG-
ON.ASPX

IMPORTANT - You are strictly advised to match
your
SENSITIVE DETAILS correctly to avoid service
denial.
Best Regards,

Thank you for using HSBC Internet Banking
Services.

Issued for UK use only | © HSBC Bank plc 2002
- 2010.

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