It's the usual pretend threat - 'we have changed our system - reinput your security details in the next 48 hours or you lose your access'.An interesting contradiction in the email. The first paragraph suggests you renew your details, half way down the threat that you have 48 hours else your account is suspended. No bank would ever say that your account would be suspended if you don't remind them of your security details. They know them all already - why would they need you to enter them again?
It's also not personalised - 'Dear Sir/Madam' and sent to a mass circulation list - to 'undisclosed-recipients'. And if you hove the mouse over the URL (don't click on it, please, you don't know what might happen on the target website) it's not a URL, it's the IP address of a website.
Don't believe the email. Don't do anything the email asks you to, just delete it.
Here's the text of the email:
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are glad to inform you that our bank has a new security system. The updated technology will insure the security of your payments trough our bank. Hoping you'll understand that we are doing this for your own safety, we suggest you to renew your account .
Once you have renew your records, your session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To renew your HSBC Bank PLC. account information click on the following link.
https://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/jsessionid=0000m2abf5g6
Note: If we do not receive the appropriate account verification within 48 hours, the account will be suspended.
The purpose of this verification is to ensure that your bank account has not been fraudulently used and to combat the fraud from our community .
HSBC Bank plc 2002 - 2007
Security Advisor
J. S. Smith
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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
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