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April 29, 2008

Alert-You Have 1 New Secure Message – Halifax Phishing Email

Filed under: Phishing — Tags: , — admin @ 3:22 pm

After a lull in the number of phishing emails recently, today I received an email masquerading as being from Halifax. However, the link takes you to a hacked directory site – http://www.directorymember.us/include/formslogin.htm.

Email forwarded to: security@hbosplc.com at 16.07 (GMT +1) 29 Apr 2008.

For those wishing to see the email body for comparison to any messages you may have received, the content is below.

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Dear Online Account Holder,

Access To Your Account Is Currently Unavailable .

Please click the link below to restore your account access.
RESTORE YOUR ACCOUNT ACCESS .

Thank you.
Customer Service
(c) Halifax Online Banking

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Filed under: News — admin @ 7:46 pm
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Filed under: News — admin @ 3:06 pm
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Filed under: News — admin @ 11:25 pm
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