Protect Yourself Against Fraud - Abbey Phishing Scams

Abbey


Date Reported: 24th August 2008	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Protect Yourself Against Fraud

Apparent Sender:

Abbey

Return Address:

Abbey National Bank Plc < service@mail- abbey.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://legendary-shop.com/-com/ mysqldumper/language/en/ runaccess.html

Location:

Germany

Scam number:

aa-7680

Comments:

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

Abbey never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "https://myon lineaccounts2.abbeynational. co.uk/CentralLogonWeb/ Logon?action=prepare".

The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Abbey URL.

"Security and confidentiality are at the heart of the Abbey Bank."

Dear Abbey customer,

Security and confidentiality are at the heart of the Abbey Bank. Your details (and your money) is protected by a number of technologies, including Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption.

We would like to notify you that we at the security department of the Abbey Bank carries out customer details confirmation procedure that is compulsory for all Abbey Bank customers. This procedure is attributed to a routine banking software update.

Please login to Abbey Bank using the link below and follow the instructions on the screen

https://myon lineaccounts2. abbeynational.co.uk/ CentralLogonWeb/Logon?action=prepare

Abbey National Bank plc.

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