An
Email with the Subject "HSBC E-mail Notification Alert!" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:53:50 -0800
and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email.
The sender shows as HSBC Bank Plc <hsbc@info.co.uk>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in
this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be
added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
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bankaccountnotificationcustomerinternetcustomverifymailbank bank accountnhsbc bank internet bank hsbcsincerelysecuritydear
NO CHART DATA - EMAIL HAS NOT YET BEEN ANALYSED
Scam Email Headers
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[return-path:] =>
[envelope-to:] => scams@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:53:50 -0800
[received:] => Array
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[0] => from server145.imohost.com ([216.139.199.220])by chester.loopbiz.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256)(Exim 4.69)(envelope-from )id 1PfmWr-0002th-Kofor scams@scamdex.com; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:53:50 -0800
[1] => from nobody by server145.imohost.com with local (Exim 4.69)(envelope-from )id 1PfmWw-0000bH-Uyfor scams@scamdex.com; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:53:55 -0500
)
[date:] => Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:53:54 -0500
[to:] => scams@scamdex.com
[from:] => HSBC Bank Plc
[reply-to:] =>
[subject:] => HSBC E-mail Notification Alert!
[message-id:] =>
[x-priority:] => 3
[x-mailer:] => PHPMailer (phpmailer.sourceforge.net) [version ]
[mime-version:] => 1.0
[content-transfer-encoding:] => 8bit
[content-type:] => text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
[x-antiabuse:] => Array
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[0] => This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report
[1] => Primary Hostname - server145.imohost.com
[2] => Original Domain - scamdex.com
[3] => Originator/Caller UID/GID - [99 99] / [47 12]
[4] => Sender Address Domain - server145.imohost.com
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[x-spam-subject:] => ***SPAM*** HSBC E-mail Notification Alert!
[x-spam-status:] => Yes, score=4.4
[x-spam-score:] => 44
[x-spam-bar:] => ++++
[x-spam-report:] => Spam detection software, running on the system "chester.loopbiz.com", hasidentified this incoming email as possible spam. The original messagehas been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or labelsimilar future email. If you have any questions, seethe administrator of that system for details.Content preview: Dear Valued Customer, HSBC Bank Plc is sending you this notificationmessage because we seem to , be having some errors with our Internal Securityserver. [...] Content analysis details: (4.4 points, 4.0 required)pts rule name description---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------1.6 RCVD_IN_BRBL_LASTEXT RBL: RCVD_IN_BRBL_LASTEXT[216.139.199.220 listed in bb.barracudacentral.org]-0.0 T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relaydomain0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message1.1 MIME_HTML_ONLY BODY: Message only has text/html MIME parts1.0 HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_16 BODY: HTML: images with 1200-1600 bytes of words0.6 HTML_MIME_NO_HTML_TAG HTML-only message, but there is no HTML tag
[x-spam-flag:] => YES
)
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Dear Valued Customer,
HSBC Bank Plc is sending you this notification message because we seem to ,
be having some errors with our Internal Security server.
For security reasons, we cannot proceed with your Internet Bank Account.You are strongly advised to use the link below to verify your Account
Information.
Click here – Verify your account
Sincerely,
HSBC Bank Security Team.