Recent Changes In Your Account - Abbey Phishing Scams

Abbey


Date Reported: 6th December 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Recent Changes In Your Account

Apparent Sender:

Abbey

Return Address:

onlinebanking@abbey.com

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.ultimato.com.br/controlemx/myonlineacco
unts2.abbeynational.uk/Login.htm

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
https://myonlineaccounts2.abbeynational.co.uk
/alert&Update/customer/Logon?action=prepa
re

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

6284-84462-295401

Comments:

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

Abbey never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The anchor text appears as a legitimate URL, but don't be fooled - clicking on it will take you to a phishing site!

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 ABBEY CUSTOMERS

We have noticed some suspicious move in your
account and we have temporarily disabled your
account
and we have issued this secure update
proccess. Click on the link below and update
your account.
https://myonlineaccounts2.abbeynational.co.uk
/alert&Update/customer/Logon?action=prepare

Thank You.
Accounts Management As outlined in our User
Agreement, Abbey will
periodically send you information about site
changes and enhancements.
Visi...

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