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                        | Date Reported: 11th October 2011  | Risk Level: MEDIUM-HIGH  |  | 
              
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                | Email Subject:  | HALIFAX ONLINE BANKING - IMPORTANT SECURITY UPDATE | 
              
              
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                | Apparent Sender:  | Halifax  | 
              
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                | Return Address:  | BankOnlineservice@halifax.co.uk  | 
              
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                | Email Format: | HTML  | 
              
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                | URL of Web Content:  | http://www.design.cynthiatrading.com//includes/js/ tabs/login.jsp.htm
 
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                | Anchor text of URLs:  | 1) Sign In Here To update your account  | 
              
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                | Location:  | CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES  | 
			  
		
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                | Scam number: | 18729-294722-649283 | 
         
              
              
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                | 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.
 
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                | Dear Customer,
 
 Because of unusual number of invalid login
 attempts on
 you account, we believe that, there might be
 some security problem on you account.
 
 Sign In Here To update your account
 
 Important Information
 
 A. R. ASTBURY
 Security Advisor
 Halifax Bank © 2011
 
 
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