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If you have received the email below, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content, such as a different subject or return address, or with the fake webpage(s) hosted on a different webserver.
We aim to report every variant of the scams we receive, so even if it appears that a scam you receive has already been reported, please submit it to us anyway.
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.
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.
Email:
DEAR CUSTOMER
Halifax have been receiving complaints from our Customers about unauthorised use of their Online Bank Accounts. As a result we periodically review certain Customers' Accounts and temporarily restrict access to those which we think are vulnerable to unauthorised use.
This message has been sent to you from Halifax because we have noticed some invalid login attempts into your account. Due to this we are temporarily limiting and restricting your account acce...