IMPORTANT - Customer Service Message - Halifax Plc Phishing Scams

Halifax Plc


Date Reported: 13th May 2010	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

IMPORTANT - Customer Service Message

Apparent Sender:

Halifax Plc

Return Address:

helpdesk@halifax.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.avispellaro.it/templates/system/images/
halifax_online.co.uk/_mem_/formslogin.asp/

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
https://www.halifax-online.co.uk/_mem_bin/for
mslogin/SSL/verification.ASP

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

10102-133021-371928

Comments:

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

Halifax 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.

Our Valued Customer,

Your access to Online Banking Service
Verification. Due to a miss-match between
your Security information. To enable
you continue accessing your online account it
will only take you few minutes to verify your
Identity. Follow the
reference below and you will be guided to
where you can gain an instant verification
process.

HTTPS://WWW.HALIFAX-ONLINE.CO.UK/_MEM_BIN/FOR
MSLOGIN/SSL/VERIFICATION.ASP

*IMPORTANT* - You are strictly advised to
match y...

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