An
Email with the Subject "Security A lert - Update Your Halifax Account Information" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:03:05 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "Halifax Security" <security@service.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.
Scam TagCloud
halifaxbanklogincreditverificationpasswordcontactdrawaccountnotificationpaymentcustomerserviceprocesscustomfundsecureonlinemailbank accountonline bank your bank user will security(with your username and y...dear
NO CHART DATA - EMAIL HAS NOT YET BEEN ANALYSED
Scam Email Headers
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Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate investigating or law enforcement agencies on request.
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[1] => from User (ks351292.kimsufi.com [91.121.77.118])by mwinf2012.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 085451C00088;Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:02:59 +0200 (CEST)
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[x-me-uuid:] => 20080413220259341.085451C00088@mwinf2012.orange.fr
[from:] => "Halifax Security"
[subject:] => Security A lert - Update Your Halifax Account Information
[date:] => Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:03:07 +0200
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[x-scamdex-copyright:] => This Email is Copyright Scamdex.com 2009, Reproduction Prohibited
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We are unable to activate your account because we have just upgraded our online security parameters to make your Bank account and informations more secured from online frauds,so we request that you reconfirm your online Banking details with the one we have on file before you will be able to send and receive money online. Your account may be place on restricted status. Restricted accounts continue to receive payments, but they are limited in their ability to send or withdraw funds. To lift this restriction, you need to login into your account (with your username and your password), then you have to complete our verification
process. You must reconfirm your credit card details and your billing information as well. All restricted accounts have their billing information unconfirmed, meaning that you may no longer send money from your account until you have reconfirm your billing information on file.
Click here to Sign in to Online Banking to reactivate your Bank account now.
Thank You. Because your reply will not be transmitted via secure e-mail, the e-mail address that generated this alert will not accept replies. If you would like to contact HALIFAX with questions or comments, please sign in to Online Banking and visit the customer service section.
