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An Email with the Subject "Security: Your Online Banking Account is Blocked" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:30:51 -0800 and has been classified as a Phishing, ID Theft Scam Email. The sender shows as " HSBC Security " <security@hsbc.com >.
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.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Hsbc Bank PLC.
always look forward for the high security of our clients. Some
customers have been receiving an email claiming to be from
Hsbc Bank advising them to follow a link to what appear to be a
Hsbc Bank web site, where they are prompted to enter their
personal Online Banking details. Hsbc Bank is in no way involved
with this email and the web site does not belong to us.
Hsbc Bank is proud
to announce about their new updated secure system. We updated
our new SSL servers to give our customers a better, fast and
secure online banking service.
Due to the recent update of the servers, you are requested to
please update your account info at the following link.
https://update.hsbc.co.uk/olb/p/LoginMember.do
*Important*
We have asked few additional information which is going to be
the part of secure login process. These additional information
will be asked during your future login security so, please
provide all these info completely and correctly otherwise due to
security reasons we may have to close your account temporarily.
Nicole
Smith
Security Advisor
Hsbc Bank PLC.
Please do not reply to
this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
For assistance, log in to your Hsbc Online Bank account and choose
the "Help" link on any page.
Hsbc Email ID # 1009