An Email with the Subject "Internet Banking Update" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:48:26 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as Halifax Bank Plc <account.review@halifax.co.uk>.
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 Customer
We're making some exciting
changes that will make your online banking experience even better, We
therefore request you to verify your location.
Halifax Online Access
Verification
Please note that Your Halifax Online
Banking has been flagged by our system and all flagged account required
verification for Online Banking to remain active due to recent changes we
have made to our online banking system.
This verification will allow us to activate new features for your account on
our system and to protect your account fully against ID Theft. We have made
these changes to ensure only You have access and use your Halifax Account's.
Please click the link below to proceed with verification process.
www.halifax.co.uk/aboutonline/verifyownership.stml
It is all about your security.
Best wishes
Mark Banks
Head of Online
We will never contact
customers via email asking to supply any confidential information, telephone
or internet banking login details via email that is why we want you to
verify your account by our internet automated machine.