Please review your account ! - HSBC Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 22nd June 2008	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Please review your account !

Apparent Sender:

HSBC

Return Address:

HSBC Verification < infos@hsbc.co.uk >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.bad.fr/badminton/europe/ catalog/pub/hsbc/login/access/1/2/

Location:

France

Scam number:

aa-7307

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 REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual HSBC URL.

"HSBC Bank. always look forward for the high security of our clients."

Dear Sir/Madam ,
HSBC Bank. always look forward for the high security of our clients. During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, we have detected a slight error in your account information.This might be due to either of the following reasons: 1. A recent change in your personal information.
2. Submitting invalid information during the initial sign in process. Due to this, you are requested to please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:

Please Click Here

*Important*
We have asked few additional information which is going to be the part of secure login process. These additional information will be asked during your future login security so, please provide all these info completely and correctly otherwise due to security reasons we may have to close your account temporarily.
We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience. J. S. Smith
Security Advisor
HSBC Bank.

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