Security Notice Update. Wed 12/05/2010 - HSBC Personal Banking. Phishing Scams

HSBC Personal Banking.


Date Reported: 26th May 2010	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Security Notice Update. Wed 12/05/2010

Apparent Sender:

HSBC Personal Banking.

Return Address:

internet-banking@info.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.ibsn.ru/xmlrpc/includes/1/2/PERSONAL&am
p;BUSSINESS/HSBCINTEGRATION/online.html

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Click here to update your security level.

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

10366-136636-377278

Comments:

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

HSBC Personal 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 UK is switching
to new transactions security standards.

The new updated technology will ensure the
security
of your payments through our bank. Both
software and
hardware will be updated.

Click here to update your security level.

Sorry for the inconvienence.

Best Regards,

Colette Nugent
Head of Customer Communications

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