HSBC Bank Plc - Important Banking Mail. - HSBC Bank plc ? Phishing Scams

HSBC Bank plc ?


Date Reported: 8th March 2010	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

HSBC Bank Plc - Important Banking Mail.

Apparent Sender:

HSBC Bank plc ?

Return Address:

hsbc-internet-banking@hsbc.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://update.hsbc.co.uk.hsbc.co.uk.1.2.personalht
tpwww.hsbc.co.uk12personalcredit00000.plevenhut.co
m/www9.hsbc.co.uk/www9.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/HSBCINTEGRAT
ION/CAM10%3bjsessionid00UyzfmbnkvKfK9fLILUpaTgF14
et5m1u3IDV_URL=hsbc.MyHSBC_pib/www.hsbc.co.uk/IBlo
gin.h

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Click here

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

8487-110458-337989

Comments:

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

HSBC 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 VALUED HSBC BANK MEMBER,

Your account has been placed on restricted
status.
Restricted accounts continue to receive
payments,but they are
limited in their ability to send or withdraw
funds.
To lift this restricted , you need to
confirm your identity.
All restricted accounts have their billing
information unconfirmed.
To initiate the confirmation process ,
Click here

THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.

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

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