Internet Banking access blocked - Alliance & Leicester Internet Phishing Scams

Alliance & Leicester Internet Banking


Date Reported: 28th July 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Internet Banking access blocked

Apparent Sender:

Alliance & Leicester Internet Banking

Return Address:

security@alliance-leicester.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://mybank.alliance-leicester.co.uk.plaramee.co
m/

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Dear Valued Customer, We use the very
latest industry-standard technology, plus
multiple levels of security to safeguard your
personal and transaction details, so that you
can bank online with confidence. We are
committed to continually developing our
security systems to ensure that Internet
Banking remains safe and secure. We hope that
you will also take the necessary precautions
to protect your computer and your personal
security details. Internet Banking access
blocked. For your protection Internet Banking
access to your accounts has been blocked.
Your security details have been incorrectly
entered 3 times. Please follow the reference
below and you will be guided to where you can
instantly re-establish access. Log in to
Internet Banking

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

2875-41163-213838

Comments:

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

Alliance & Leicester Internet Banking 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 VALUED CUSTOMER,
We use the very latest industry-standard
technology, plus multiple levels of security
to safeguard your personal and
transaction details, so that you can bank
online with confidence.

We are committed to continually developing
our security systems to ensure that Internet
Banking remains safe and
secure. We hope that you will also take the
necessary precautions to protect your
computer and your personal security
details.

INTERNET BANKING ACC...

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