Important Message:- Reconfirm Account Access - Abbey Bank Plc Phishing Scams

Abbey Bank Plc


Date Reported: 7th September 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Important Message:- Reconfirm Account Access

Apparent Sender:

Abbey Bank Plc

Return Address:

Not found

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.huntessential.com/common/root/security/
data/myonlineaccounts/CentralLogonWeb/abbeynationa
l.co.uk.php

Anchor text of URLs:

1) URL link is in form of image

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

3809-52662-236149

Comments:

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

Abbey 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.

PLEASE DO VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT BY CLICKING ON
THE LOG ON BELOW TO PROVE ACCOUNT OWNERSHIP .

We are Sorry Any inconvenience this may
cause you.

Sincerely,

Abbey Account Review Department.

We are requesting this information to verify
and protect your identity. This is in order

to prevent the use of the UK Banking system
in terrorist and other illegal activity.

Please do not "Reply" to this Alert.

© 2009 Abbey , N. A. All rights reserved.

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