FI Frauds: Phishing - Halifax, UK
A remarkably unsophisticated spam scam is targeting customers of the UK's Halifix, part of Lloyds Banking Group
Purportedly from: Halifax (Onlineservices@halifax.co.uk)
Subject: Authenticate your account
Body:
We have initiated a new security process to our internet banking for safety purposes
You must authenticate your Halifax account session before you can proceed.
This will only take a few minutes.
Authenticate Now (link removed)
Thank You,
Halifax Bank Security Advisor
Fake link to: an insecure directory in a WordPress blog site at onlineresultindia.com
Although the fraudulent mail arrived with us less than two hours before this warning is published, Mozilla Firefox's web security system has already blocked the website.
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