Garreg Ddu
24 March 2008, 16:10
Or NOT as the whole thing is a "phishing" scam. It is closely related to many others, including those posted here for other banks. This email and details have been forwarded to Abbey for further action. The scammer(s) seem also to have hijacked a Tiawanese site.
Abbey Notification: Secure Your Online Banking !
From: Abbey Notification (Customer.services@abbey.com)
Sent:24 March 2008 12:37:58
Reply-to:Abbey Notification (Customer.services@abbey.com)
To:
Dear Abbey Customers Upgrade
Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the Abbey
account we have issued this warning message.
It has come to our attention that your Abbey account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account in this year 2008 and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
Once you have updated your account records your Abbey account service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your Abbey records click on the following link:
https://myonlineaccounts2.abbeynational.co.uk/CentralLogonWeb/Logon?action=prepare
this link actually points to http://www.dy.com.tw/logon.php (which is flagged as a "Phishing trap site" by McAfee) which is on the back of a "valid" site for a bicycle shop in Kaohsiung. Maybe one of our Chinese speaking members could have a look at it?
http://www.aboutabbey.com/
Thank You.
Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, Abbey will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.
Visit our Privacy Policy and User
Where it ends suddenly.
Abbey Notification: Secure Your Online Banking !
From: Abbey Notification (Customer.services@abbey.com)
Sent:24 March 2008 12:37:58
Reply-to:Abbey Notification (Customer.services@abbey.com)
To:
Dear Abbey Customers Upgrade
Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the Abbey
account we have issued this warning message.
It has come to our attention that your Abbey account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account in this year 2008 and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
Once you have updated your account records your Abbey account service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your Abbey records click on the following link:
https://myonlineaccounts2.abbeynational.co.uk/CentralLogonWeb/Logon?action=prepare
this link actually points to http://www.dy.com.tw/logon.php (which is flagged as a "Phishing trap site" by McAfee) which is on the back of a "valid" site for a bicycle shop in Kaohsiung. Maybe one of our Chinese speaking members could have a look at it?
http://www.aboutabbey.com/
Thank You.
Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, Abbey will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.
Visit our Privacy Policy and User
Where it ends suddenly.