Yorkshire Building Society targeted by phishers
- Author:
- Bill Goodwin
- Posted:
- 00:00 22 Nov 2006
- Topics:
- Business Continuity | Spam & Phishing | IT Standards & Protocols | Electronic Messaging | Content Filtering | e-mail
Customers of Yorkshire Building Society are being targeted with spoof phishing emails which attempt to gather confidential bank details, Websense has warned.
The e-mail messages claim that the account has been accessed by a foreign IP address, and that unless online information is verified, the account will be temporarily suspended.
The e-mail provides a link to a phishing site, hosted in the USA, that attempts to collect personal information from the recipient.
The e-mail, which contains a number of spelling mistakes, claims that, unless the recipient takes action, their bank account could be inaccessible for upto 72 hours.
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