Important - Customer Service Message - Halifax Bank Plc Phishing Scams

Halifax Bank Plc


Date Reported: 2nd August 2011	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Important - Customer Service Message

Apparent Sender:

Halifax Bank Plc

Return Address:

Online-service@speakeasy.net

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.fondalaclinica.com.au/bankingsecurity/s
ecure.php

Anchor text of URLs:

1) VIEW MY ACCOUNT

Location:

WOONSOCKET, RI, UNITED STATES

Scam number:

17885-274371-611450

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 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 Halifax Customer,

Your Halifax account showed an unusual
activities this morning

What to do next ?

If you feel this message has been sent to
you in error,

Go to your online account and check your
current balance(s) for your account(s)

VIEW MY ACCOUNT

Halifax Online Banking

We appreciate your business. It's truly our
pleasure to serve you.

Halifax Banking Team
Accounts Notification Dept

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