Security Verification Alert - HSBC Bank Plc. Phishing Scams

HSBC Bank Plc.


Date Reported: 9th February 2010	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Security Verification Alert

Apparent Sender:

HSBC Bank Plc.

Return Address:

no_reply@online.lloydstsb.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://domudeigiana.net/www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
https://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/HSBCVERIFICATION/c
am05;jsessionid=verify&emailaddress

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

7838-102571-325732

Comments:

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

HSBC Bank Plc. 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.

DEAR HSBC BANK MEMBER

This email was sent by the HSBC server to
verify your e-mail address.
You must complete this process by clicking
on the link below and entering
in the small window your HSBC User ID, Date
of Birth and Security Number.
This is done for your protection --- because
some of our members no longer
have access to their email addresses and we
must verify it.

To verify your e-mail address and access
your bank account, click on the link
below.

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Website:

Website was not online when we checked. It returned the error 404

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