IMPORTANT - Customer Service Message - Halifax Bank Plc Phishing Scams

Halifax Bank Plc


Date Reported: 28th June 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

IMPORTANT - Customer Service Message

Apparent Sender:

Halifax Bank Plc

Return Address:

account.review@Halifax.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.yeniortam.net/orca/layout/base_tr/icons
/files/folders/images/halifax-online.co.uk/_mem_/f
ormslogin.asp/index.html

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
https://www.halifax-online.co.uk/_mem_bin/For
msLogin.aspsource=halifaxcouk

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

2159-29627-190957

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.

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.

Dear valued Halifax ® Member,

It has come to our attention that your
Halifax Online account information needs to
be updated as part
of our new year commitment also to protect
your account and to reduce the instance of
fraud on our website this year.
If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of
your online experience and update your
billing records so that you
will not run into any future problems with
our online banking service.
However, failure to update your records w...

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