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                        Date Reported: 22nd January 2010   | 
                        Risk Level: MEDIUM-HIGH   | 
                       
                     
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                Email Subject:   | 
                 Online Access Suspended | 
               
              
              
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                Apparent Sender:   | 
                 HSBC Bank plc    |  
              
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                Return Address:   | 
                 onlinebanking@hsbc.co.uk   | 
               
              
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                 HTML   | 
               
              
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                URL of Web Content:   | 
                 http://vaticancity.cc/components/com_datsogallery/  tour/5/HSBC/hsbc/index.html     |  
              
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                Anchor text of URLs:   | 
                 1) LOG IN , 2) URL link is in form of image   |  
              
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                Location:   | 
                 Location not available   | 
               
			  
		
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                Scam number:  | 
                 7329-96981-316858 | 
                        
              
              
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                Comments:  | 
                - Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at HSBC Bank plc  by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.
 
 
 - HSBC Bank plc  never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.
 
 
 
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                  THE WORLD\'S LOCAL BANK
   Dear Valued Customer, 
  ONLINE SECURITY - THE STEPS WE TAKE
  ENSURING YOUR ONLINE TRANSACTIONS ARE SAFE AND SECURE
  As a bank we are used to thinking about security. The growth of the internet has offered greater flexibility for us all, but it also brings new risks that must be guarded against. At HSBC, we use industry standard security technology and practices, focusing on three key areas ? privacy, technology and identification to sa... 
                             
                
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