An Email with the Subject "Internet Banking Update" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:46:02 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as Halifax Bank Plc <account.review@halifax.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 valued Halifax ®
Member,
It has
come to our attention that your Halifax Online account information needs to be
updated as part
of our new year commitment also to protect your
account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website this year.
If you
could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your
billing records so that you
will not run into any future problems with our
online banking service.
However, failure to update your records will result
in account suspension. Please update your records
on or before the 19Th of
Mar, 2008.
Once you have updated your account records, your Halifax Online
session
will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To Get Started,Please Click On :
https://www.halifax-online.co.uk/_mem_bin/FormsLogin.aspsource=halifaxcouk
This site is intended for UK residents unless otherwise stated.
Halifax plc, Halifax Investment Fund Managers Limited, Halifax Life Limited and
Halifax Share Dealing Limited and St Andrew's Life Assurance plc are authorised
and regulated by the Financial Services
Authority. They are entered in the Financial
Services Authority's Register and their Register Numbers are 106048, 119223,
171881 and 183332 and 189101. This is an English language site, all contracts
will be in the English language only. Copyright © 2007. All rights
reserved.
Halifax plc, Registered in
England No. 2367076. Registered Office: Trinity Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire,
HX1 2RG.
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Dear valued Halifax ®
Member,
It has
come to our attention that your Halifax Online account information needs to be
updated as part
of our new year commitment also to protect your
account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website this year.
If you
could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your
billing records so that you
will not run into any future problems with our
online banking service.
However, failure to update your records will result
in account suspension. Please update your records
on or before the 19Th of
Mar, 2008.
Once you have updated your account records, your Halifax Online
session
will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To Get Started,Please Click On :
https://www.halifax-online.co.uk/_mem_bin/FormsLogin.aspsource=halifaxcouk
This site is intended for UK residents unless otherwise stated.
Halifax plc, Halifax Investment Fund Managers Limited, Halifax Life Limited and
Halifax Share Dealing Limited and St Andrew's Life Assurance plc are authorised
and regulated by the Financial Services
Authority. They are entered in the Financial
Services Authority's Register and their Register Numbers are 106048, 119223,
171881 and 183332 and 189101. This is an English language site, all contracts
will be in the English language only. Copyright © 2007. All rights
reserved.
Halifax plc, Registered in
England No. 2367076. Registered Office: Trinity Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire,
HX1 2RG.
For optimal viewing of this
site you will need Macromedia Flash
version 5 and IE 6 or above