" Dear Valued Customer, Our new security system will help you to avoid frequently fraud transactions and to keep your investments in safety. "...

This spoof Halifax Online email (see image below) is in HTML format (although it does look like a text only email in order add a sense of authenticity to the link text). The link in the email has been disguised using HTML code to look like a genuine link to www.halifax-online.co.uk but it will in fact take you to a forged Halifax page hosted elsewhere.

The URL should reveal the bogus nature of the web page, http://218.44.251.101/h/formslogin.html resolves to an ISp in Japan.

If you have received this email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.

The Spoof Email ...

Dear Valued Customer,

- Our new security system will help you to avoid
frequently fraud transactions and to keep your
investments in safety.

- Due to technical update we recommend you to
reactivate your account.

Click on the link below to verify and begin using
your updated Halifax account.

To verify your account, please visit the Halfax
website at https://www.halifax-online.co.uk/_mem_bin/formslogin.asp

We appreciate your business. It's truly our
pleasure to serve you.

Halifax Customer Care