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Alert! On Your Co-operative Online Account
Date Reported: 11th February 2009
Risk Level: MEDIUM
Apparent Sender:
Co-operative Bank
Return Address:
Co-operative Bank Plc < serviceadvisory@ co-operative.co.uk >
Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Co-operative Bank by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.
Co-operative Bank never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.
The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "https://welcome27.co-operativebank. co.uk/CBIBSWeb/start.do".
The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Co-operative Bank URL.
Email:
"Our Technical Service department has recently updated our online banking
services, and due to this upgrade we sincerely call your attention to follow
below link and reconfirm your online account details."