Thursday 15 May 2008

Natwest | please confirm your data!

I was reading in the ThisIsMoney forum that some people think that the NatWest is the most targeted UK bank for phishing emails and blaming the bank for not doing enough to detect such fraud. I don't know whether this is the case or not, but it certainly seems that most phishing emails that I receive are either aimed at the NatWest or at PayPal. Given the number of people with PayPal accounts their being a target isn't a surprise. But I don't bank with the NatWest so I'll leave it for others to comment. If you have experienced problems or know anything about the state of play for NatWest (in their defence) then feel free to comment. Only blatent self-publicising comments are rejected!

This one is the onld NOF again. This time around the destination URL is http://natwest.co.uk.mirdop3.co.uk/NOF/startupdate.aspx?refererident=[removed]. It's a long time since we saw Natwest targeted emails on UK domains - around Christmas I think.

Here's the content:

Dear NatWest Bank customer,

We have implemented security measures consistent with our internal information security practices to help us keep your information secure. These measures include technical and procedural steps to protect your data from misuse, access or disclosure, loss, alteration or destruction.

One of these security measures is NOF (NatWest Online Form) to help us to keep your personal and banking data up to date.

You should complete NOF on a regular basis.

Please complete NOF using the link below:

NatWest Online Form

NatWest Automated Mail Service. Please do not respond to this mail.


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