Natwest is theleading target for phishersin the
banking industry, says anti-spam software firm
ClearMyMail.
ClearMyMail reviewed all the spam and fraudulent e-mails that it
had prevented from reaching customers last December, in order to
draw up its
top ten phishing targets.
It found that Natwest was the target for 41% of all phishing
e-mails, well ahead of
number two target Citibank, which made up 27% of phishing
e-mails. HSBC was the number three target with 11% of e-mails.
The ClearMyMail top ten:
1. Natwest (41% of all phishing e-mails blocked were targeting
Natwest Bank) 2. Citibank (27%) 3. HSBC (11%) 4. Abbey (6%) 5.
Lloyds TSB (4%) 6. Pay Pal (internet transaction banking for likes
of Ebay - 2%) 7. Royal Bank of Scotland (1%) 8. Nationwide (1%) 9.
Halifax (0.8%) 10. MBNA (0.5%)
Advice on how to spot potential phishing e-mails can be found on
the ClearMyMail
website.