Verify My Halifax Account - HALIFAX Phishing Scams

HALIFAX


Date Reported: 6th December 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Verify My Halifax Account

Apparent Sender:

HALIFAX

Return Address:

OnlineService@Halifax.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.floridamarineguide.net/upload/formslogi
n.html

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Verify My Halifax Account

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

6261-84344-295054

Comments:

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

HALIFAX 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 Halifax Client,

The official Manager of HALIFAX ONLINE
BANKING is
undergoing a security upgrade and will
require each
and everyone of it's customers to verify
his/her.
Account information by clicking on the
verify on the link below

Verify My Halifax Account

This step is mandatory for every user of our
online account
to provide more ease in accessing your
Halifax account
Sorry for the Incovienence
HALIFAX ONLINE BANKING

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