Restore Your Account Access - HSBC Bank Phishing Scams

HSBC Bank


Date Reported: 18th August 2010	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Restore Your Account Access

Apparent Sender:

HSBC Bank

Return Address:

plcservice@hsbc.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.innovation-base.com/templates/www.hsbc.
co.uk/CAM10-jsessionid0026MQ7KnXUxsKmiYKszFUkGJ12
c58ti63.htm

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/HSBCINTEGRATION/CAM
10;jsessionid00slTMESp68q-3yR6FJKPHc7K:12c58n
n8e?IDV_URL=hsbc.MyHSBC_pib

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

12088-165298-424411

Comments:

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

HSBC Bank 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.

THE WORLD\'S LOCAL BANK

Access To Your Account Is Temporarily Not
Available

DEAR CUSTOMER,

Access To Your Account Is Currently
Unavailable .

Please click the link below to restore your
account access.

http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/HSBCINTEGRATION/CAM
10;jsessionidslTMESp68q-3yR6FJKPHc7K:12c58nn8
e?IDV_URL=hsbc.MyHSBC_pib

Thank you for banking with us.

Security Advisor
HSBC Bank Plc
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