Scam Phising ?

[Corpulent Tosser]

Just received this mail, I don't bank with HSBC and I don't do online banking, is there someone I should advise about this ?

Dear Valued HSBC Customer

We believe that, as in everything else, you deserve the best in banking too. Therefore protective measures is been applied to satisfy our striving customer needs. Our technical service department is currently upgrading our SSL servers to enhance adequate banking security,to give our customers a better, fast and secure online banking service this YEAR 2006. Due to the recent update of the servers, you are kindly requested to please confirm your banking details by following the link below. .

https://Securityalert.HSBC.co.uk/1/2/

HSBC Bank Plc
Security Advisor
HSBC Bank PLC.



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Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
For assistance, log in to your HSBC Online Bank account and choose the "Help" link on any page.

HSBC Email ID # 1009

[chilli]

Not sure who you should speak to..... Had loads of them myself...just ignore them.

[Corpulent Tosser]

Aye you are probably right, I have heard about this kind of thing but hadn't received anything like it before.

[james p]

I have had two from 'Llyods' TSB today and I don't bank with them either. Deleted as always but you do have to wonder how many people are taken in by e-mails that cannot even spell the bank correctly.

and before anyone asks my typo is deliberate and I am not a member of the PH spelling police

[voyds9]

Got something similar from Barclays last week, very strange as I don't bank with them. However great fun logging in with false details

[blueyes]

I always click on the link and fill in all my details incorrectly... and as for the passwords...

[TonyHetherington]

The rule that all banks etc say is that they will never send you an e-mail with a link to their site. They will always say "please log in to our main site".

[polus]

I traced a couple of emails like that back to China... ignore it, not much else you can do.

[Muncher]

I get these on an almost daily basis, just ignore them.

[morrisman]

voyds9 said:

Got something similar from Barclays last week, very strange as I don't bank with them. However great fun logging in with false details

Not a good idea, as I hear they can use the connection to implant data miners on your computer and hack into your system from within.

Not sure if it is bollox or true though, but nothing surprises me with computers nowadays.

[shadowninja]

Lost count of the number of ibank barclays warnings!

Thing is I bet that link is valid. What they do is put the A HREF bit to take you to a dodgy site that even looks official.

[falcemob]

I get loads of these every day, I bank with HSBC and it is quite difficult to find anywhere to report these to so I don't bother. Best to ignore them.

[ProPlus]

falcemob said:

I get loads of these every day, I bank with HSBC and it is quite difficult to find anywhere to report these to so I don't bother. Best to ignore them.

Will pass it on to security over here so they can shut them down.

[ProPlus]

Update...

Our security team have already knocked this one on the head.

Si

[CoopR]

morrisman said:

voyds9 said: Got something similar from Barclays last week, very strange as I don't bank with them. However great fun logging in with false details Not a good idea, as I hear they can use the connection to implant data miners on your computer and hack into your system from within. Not sure if it is bollox or true though, but nothing surprises me with computers nowadays.

Good advice to be honest, dont go near the link at all. There are many known and unpatched IE exploits and plenty of unknown ones for all browsers that dont need you to do anything other than visit the page. An example of this is recent WMF exploit where simply viewing an image file could compromise your computer.

Most big companies have abuse@... or security@... that you can forward them on to and then just delete them.

[Gusto]

I got a call from HSBC Fraud Services/Investigation this morning (I dont bank with them either), missed it and was given a number to call back. They just said, "Oh, if you dont bank with us, dont worry". Have no idea how they got my work number.