IMPORTANT - Online Banking ID Looked Up - HSBC Internet Banking Phishing Scams

HSBC Internet Banking


Date Reported: 15th December 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

IMPORTANT - Online Banking ID Looked Up

Apparent Sender:

HSBC Internet Banking

Return Address:

customer.alert@hsbc.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.zootecnicainternational.com/libraries/p
attemplate/hsbcc/logon.html

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Please Click Here To Start

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

6473-86882-299942

Comments:

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

HSBC Internet Banking 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 CUSTOMER,

Hsbc Bank has been receiving complaints from
our customers for unauthorised use of the
Hsbc Bank Online accounts. As a
result we are making an extra security check
on all of our Customers account in order to
protect their information from
theft.

Due to this, you are requested to follow the
provided steps and confirm your Online
Banking details for the safety of
your Accounts. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO START .

However, Failure to do so may result...

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Website:

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