Update Your Contact Details (Telephone Banking Pin) - Alliance&leicester Bank Phishing Scams

Alliance&leicester Bank


Date Reported: 24th January 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Update Your Contact Details (Telephone Banking Pin)

Apparent Sender:

Alliance&leicester Bank

Return Address:

Alliance&leicester Bank Plc < online_service@alliance- leicester.co.uk >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://w3.peter-gehring. de/login.php

Location:

Germany

Scam number:

aa-8599

Comments:

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

Alliance&leicester Bank never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Alliance&leicester Bank URL.

"To:"

To:Our Dear Account Holder

Subject: Security Upgrade - Almost Here
Date: 22 January 20009
Message:

We wrote to you recently about making sure your contact details are up to date in time for a new security feature being introduced for online transactions.

When setting up a payment to a new beneficiary or updating your telephone numbers we will confirm your identity in one quick and simple step - an automated call will be made to your chosen contact number and you will be asked to read out (or enter into your phone's banking pin on your keypad) a code which will be displayed in Internet Banking. Once the code has been recognised the instruction will then be authorised. If none of the contact numbers we hold are appropriate to call you on at the time, the transaction could be delayed (by up to 48 hours) while alternative checks are undertaken.

For more information, login and look at our FAQ.

The first service we'll introduce this for will be "Send Money Overseas" and it will also be introduced when you update your telephone numbers. It will be added to other Internet Banking services throughout 2009.

You can check,update your contact numbers and your telephon banking pin if necessary by Login then 'click on my detail' and then 'Personal details'.

click here to login

Thank you for banking with Alliance&leicester Bank plc.

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Update Your Contact Details (TelephoneBanking Pin)

Alliance&leicester Bank

Update Your Contact Details (Telephone
Banking Pin)