Saturday 31 May 2008

NatWest Bank: safeguarding customer information

This one is very similar, but still subtly different to the email received earlier today. The tracking is there, but is following referer and cookie, rather than machine and 'id'. This one looks exactly like yesterday's Natwest EMail. So it's possible that they are both sent from different sources and it's just a coincidence that both have hit the same email address overnight.

I alos didn't record which email address received yesterday's email, so no idea if they are working through the same list, sending repeat emails, or if they are on a different list. This email is sent to one address at a time, so it's possible they are working down a list that my email addresses appear on several times.

This time around the link is to http://www.natwest.co.uk.nwol.me.uk/newmeasures/procedure/default.aspx?refererident=[removed]&cookieid=[removed] - yesterday it was nwolb.me.uk - so presumably the first site has been shut down, which could be the reason for repeating the email. Here's the content, again...

Dear NatWest bank customer,

Security and confidentiality are at the heart of Natwest Bankline. Your data (and your money) is protected by a number of technologies, including Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption.
We would like to notify you that NatWest bank carries out customer data verification procedure that is compulsory for all Natwest bank customers. This procedure is attributed to a routine banking software update.

Please login to Natwest online banking using the link below and follow the instructions on the screen.

http://www.natwest.co.uk/newmeasures/procedure/default.aspx?refererident=[removed]&cookieid=[removed]

Natwest Customer Service


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