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Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at HSBC Alerts by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.
HSBC Alerts never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.
Email:
THE WORLD\'S LOCAL BANK
DEAR VALUED CUSTOMER,
HSBC BANK HAS JUST RECEIVED AN AUTOMATIC DIRECT DEBIT IN THE AMOUNT OF 378.64 WHICH HAS BEEN SET TO BE AUTOMATICALLY WITHDRAWN FROM YOUR HSBC ACCOUNT, THE HSBC SECURITY SYSTEM HAS THEREFORE PLACED AN HOLD ON THE DEBIT CHARGE PLACED ON YOUR ACCOUNT. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW OF THE CHARGE AND WOULD LIKE TO IMMEDIATELY STOP IT FROM BEING DEDUCTED FROM YOUR ACCOUNT, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO IMMEDIATELY LOGIN TO THE INTERNET ...