YOUR ONLINE BANKING IS CHANGING - BARCLAYS BANK Phishing Scams

BARCLAYS BANK


Date Reported: 26th January 2012	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

YOUR ONLINE BANKING IS CHANGING

Apparent Sender:

BARCLAYS BANK

Return Address:

updates@barclays.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://ibsbarclays.myvaluesc.org/asd/ing%20message
.htm

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
http://ibsbarclays.myvaluesc.org/asd/ing%20me
ssage.htm

Location:

BOLTON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM

Scam number:

19708-319621-700252

Comments:

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

BARCLAYS 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.

Barclays Personal
Bankinghttp://barclays.co.uk/images/barclays.
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Dear Esteemed Customer,
Barclays online banking is changing.
We're introducing our new online banking to
all customers in early 2012.
So expect some changes-for the better. The
new service will make it faster and easier to
bank with us.
Barclays Bank is currently updating its
online banking measures inorder to serve you
better.

You now need to update your online banking
information follo...

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