Halifax - Important Message - Halifax Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 4th January 2010	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Halifax - Important Message

Apparent Sender:

Halifax

Return Address:

Halifaxservice@halifax.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://196.25.190.213/Halifax.co.uk/index.php

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Halifax Online Account

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

6849-91438-308437

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 CUSTOMER,

Our records show that your online session
has been locked due to the
following reason.

1. Log on attempts with invalid information.

2. Inadequate Update on your Halifax Online
account.

We urge you to restore your Halifax online
account immediately
to avoid final shut down of your account.

Click the link below to restore your Halifax
online account:

Halifax Online Account

© 2009 HALIFAX CORPORATION. ALL RIGHT...

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Website:

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