Online Banking Account Notification - HSBC Phishing Scams

HSBC


Date Reported: 3rd November 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Online Banking Account Notification

Apparent Sender:

HSBC

Return Address:

sysnotifyalertib@hsbc.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://ecofarm.ie/secure/online.hsbc.co.uk/interne
t-banking-jsessionid00quurGtvuPvBm9/

Anchor text of URLs:

1) https://secure.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/verify

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

5397-73842-277810

Comments:

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

HSBC 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.

HSBC - Ownership Verification

Dear Valued HSBC Customer
Status : Important
It has come to our attention that your
Online account informations needs to be
updated as part of our continuing
commitment to protect your account and to
reduce the instance of fraud on our website.
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,
fa...

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