Natwest Phishing Scam

I received this email that is supposed to be from the NatWest Bank. I don’t and have never banked with the Nat West Bank so why was the email sent to me? The answer is very simple, the email is known as phishing. The propose is to trick NatWest customers into clicking on the link and entering account details, the site that you are directed to has nothing to do with the Nat West and if you enter your details your account maybe abused.

If a bank is going to contact you there would do so by letter and not an email, if the bank did contact you by email you would be addressed by your name and you wouldn’t be asked to enter confidential information. If you receive any emails like this you should contact the bank directly or go to the official site by typing the address is your browser, never follow links in an email.

Here is a copy of the email…

Be informed that the access to your Account has been temporarily suspended due to some errors in your personal information and security details. We recently notified you through online message centre but you did not take action.This message serves as last reminder. To re-activate your account, you are adviced to follow the procedures below.

1. Click https://www.natwest.co.uk/security/customer/secureserver/logon? youraccounts and Log in.

2. Update Your Personal Information.

The update process is completed and your account will be activated immediately. Do not forget to sign out when you are done.

Thanks for helping us to serve you better.
NatWest Online Security Team.

It’s fake and should be deleted.

Popularity: 7% [?]

Lloyds TSB phishing email Scam

Here is a Lloyds TSB phishing email, the purpose of it this email is to fool the user into thinking that the email is genuine in order to steal Lloyds customers login details.

Banks will always contact you using your name and will never ask you to reveal your account details or ask you to follow a link contained within the email.

If you received this email and you did follow the link and add your account details you should contact the bank by phone and inform them that your account details may have been stolen.

Here is a copy of the email received.

Be advised that it is mandatory to protect your account by migrating to our New Secure Service (NSS). Recently, we experienced unauthorised access of our customer’s account by fraudsters. We hereby inform you to upgrade your personal banking information so as to protect your account.
Due to this new security measure, you are requested to update your account information by clicking the link below.

https://online.lloydstsb.co.uk/customer.ibc?WT.svl=ibcplogon&WT.ac=hpIBlogon

Thanks for your co-operation.

Lloyds TSB

Security Advisor

Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
For assistance, log in to your Lloyds TSB Online Bank account and choose the “Help” link on any page.
Lloyds TSB Email ID # 1009

Popularity: 15% [?]

Security Department Statement_1.zip Virus

Another email virus was found today, the virus was received by email and it comes in the form of an attachment. The subject in the message body is: Security Department.
The attachment is called Statement_1.zip the file contained within the zip folder is called Statement_1.doc if you try and run the application you will notice that the icon disappears and you PC will have been infected by a Trojan Horse Virus.
Here is a copy of the email…

Hello

Dear Credit Card Holder:

Please be aware that a credit card fraud involving your credit card
has been registered by our security department. For your information,
we are sending you the account statement that includes all transactions
made with your credit card from 01.09.2008 through 03.09.2008.
Please take a note of the last three transactions on the list,
which have been recognized as fraudulent.

We highly recommend you to inform us of the transactions you have
made personally. Thus, you will help us and yourself to resolve this issue
as soon as possible.

An MS Word document containing your account statement in is enclosed
in the archive attached to this message.

Until we meet again
Louella Hager
Manager of Credit Card Fraud Defence.

Threat Assessment

* Wild Level: Low
* Number of Infections: 0 – 49
* Number of Sites: 0 – 2
* Geographical Distribution: Low
* Threat Containment: Easy
* Removal: Easy

Popularity: 7% [?]

The New Law Legislation-25 doc virus

A new email was found today, the virus was received by email and it comes in the form of an attachment. The subject in the message body is: The New Law.

The attachment is called Legislation.zip the file contained within the zip folder is called Legislation-25.doc if you try and run the application you will notice that the icon disappears and you PC will have been infected by a Trojan Horse Virus.

Here is a copy of the email…
Hullo

New clauses have been added to the legislation regulating your online activities; some of the operations are now considered illegal. The new law has come into force as of 25.09.2008; the penalties have been toughened.

Please read the new document and be more accurate further on.

Please remember me to your parents.

The message header details…

Received: from cpe-144-131-137-200.static.nsw.bigpond.net.au ([144.131.137.200]:1229)
by lumina.websitewelcome.com with esmtp
(envelope-from )
id 1Kld2n-00023o-HM
for sales@ebookwebsales.co.uk; Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:18:07 -0500
Received: from [144.131.137.200] by mail.bradcorp.com.au; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 15:17:44 +1000
Message-ID: <01c9256b$2f2d5c00$c8898390@mxs>
From: “Autumn Larson”
To:
Subject: The New Law
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 15:17:44 +1000
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
boundary=”—-=_NextPart_000_0006_01C9256B.2F2D5C00″
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4963.1700
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4963.1700

Virus Results…
Scanned Results : Trojan Downloader
Scanned time : 2008/10/02 22:48:55 (BST)
File Name : Legislation.zip
File Size : 32749 byte
File Type : Zip File
MD5 : a3de1a03b1088b99e0adedd79aa899a6
SHA1 : 3beafd72672e0d850248880056eaedcbe36af110

Type: Trojan horse

Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

Threat Assessment
* Wild Level: Low
* Number of Infections: 0 – 49
* Number of Sites: 0 – 2
* Geographical Distribution: Low
* Threat Containment: Easy
* Removal: Easy

Popularity: 15% [?]

Abbey National Bankline customer Phishing email

I received this email that is supposed to be from the Abbey National Bank. I don’t and have never banked with the Abbey so why was the email sent to me? The answer is very simple, the email is known as phishing. The propose is to trick Abbey customers into clicking on the link and entering account details, the site that you are directed to has nothing to do with the Abbey and if you enter your details your account maybe abused.

If a bank is going to contact you there would do so by letter and not an email, if the bank did contact you by email you would be addressed by your name and you wouldn’t be asked to enter confidential information. If you receive any emails like this you should contact the bank directly or go to the official site by typing the address is your browser, never follow links in an email.

Here is a copy of the email…

Dear Abbey National Bankline customer!

Our Support Division is carrying out a planned Bankline Internet Banking software update

By clicking on the link below you will commence the procedure of the customer details confirmation:

http://ww1.abbey-business.net/CentralLogonWeb/Confirm?cat=25ecydeDdfhhpudfecydeOkhOvp

These directives are to be mailed and followed by all clients of the Abbey National Electronic Banking

Abbey does apologize for any inconveniences caused to you, and is very grateful for your cooperation.

If you are not user of Abbey National Electronic Banking please disregard this notice!

*** This is automatically generated email please do not reply ***

(C) 2008 Abbey National Bank Internet Banking. All Rights Reserved.

Popularity: 15% [?]

Lottery Scam email

Here is the latest email that’s doing the rounds. If you receive this the best thing to do is delete it.

Dear Winner,

This is to notify you that your email address has won £250,000.00
in the UK National Sweepstakes Lottery.It is a random computerized
selection Raffle no: 56475600545 188 Serial No:5388/02
Winning number: 11-12-25-29-32-{06} Draw (#1055)
To file claims, Details Required for Verification:
=====================================================
1. Full Name 2. Address 3. Country
4. Age 5. Gender 6. Occupation 7. Telephone 8.I.D. Card
To The Fiduciary Agent
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Mr Alfred Robert (Reference Officer)
Tel.:+447011133771
E-mail: alfredroberts@hotmail.co.uk
=====================================================
Yours sincerely,
Tracy Holmes(Online Co-ordinator
PLEASE SEND YOUR DETAILS TO : alfredroberts@hotmail.co.uk

If you can shed some light on this scam email, please post your comments.

Popularity: 6% [?]