Here's a bank that hasn't featured on these pages until today. The email is well presented and uses graphics to give it an air of authenticity, but don't let that fool you. Cheekily, the graphics are pulled straight from the bank's actual website!The person responsible has also gone to the extent of registering a very plausible website address, only yesterday - with the same web hosts as I use. I've passed a copy of the email to the hosts as it does appear that the website is still live, although I haven't taken the step of clicking on the link.
Please don't think it is a genuine email. It's not personalised, it's using fake URLs and it would be dangerous to access the website.
Here's the text of the email:
Dear Valuable Customer,
Hsbc Bank plc. is hereby announcing newly upgrade security system. We have been dealing with cases of fraudulent messages in recent times and we have decided to carry out a verification exercise on all of our customers account to prevent them from being victimized.
Due to the recent security upgrade, you are requested to follow the link below. http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/personal/pib-home/
We appreciate your understanding, as we work towards making Hsbc
Bank a safe and reliable place to do business.
Thank you for your patience in this matter.
Trust and Safety Department
Hsbc Bank
Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification. Mail sent to
this address cannot be answered.
For assistance, upgrade your HSBC Online Bank account information
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