I got phished!
Today I received my first ever phishing email. It was purportedly sent by Lloyd's TSB Bank, which immediately raised a red flag, since I do not bank with them.
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(there was a low quality Lloyd's TSB logo here)
Security Notice
Dear Lloyds TSB Account Holder,
During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification
procedures, we were unable to verify your account information.
This might be due to either one of the following reasons:
1. A recent change in your personal information (ie change of address).
2. Submitting invalid information during the initial enrollment process.
3. An inability to accurately verify your account information due to an
internal error within our processors.
We demand that you take 5 minutes out of your online experience and
renew your records to avoid running into any future problems with the
online service. However, failure to update your records will result in your
account suspension. Once you have updated your account records your
internet banking service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
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Further red flags:
The use of language. 'We demand'? Horrific PR!
A further analysis:
The official Lloyd's TSB website is http://www.lloydstsb.com/
The email links you to http://www.lloydstsb-staff.com/, which has been shutdown (by authorities I presume), eventhough in the email it pointed to an apparently legitimate site in Lloyd's itself.
Note: Never ever ever ever open the links from such emails. Always use the main webpages of the company in question. If in doubt, CALL YOUR COMPANY UP AND VERIFY.
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(there was a low quality Lloyd's TSB logo here)
Security Notice
Dear Lloyds TSB Account Holder,
During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification
procedures, we were unable to verify your account information.
This might be due to either one of the following reasons:
1. A recent change in your personal information (ie change of address).
2. Submitting invalid information during the initial enrollment process.
3. An inability to accurately verify your account information due to an
internal error within our processors.
We demand that you take 5 minutes out of your online experience and
renew your records to avoid running into any future problems with the
online service. However, failure to update your records will result in your
account suspension. Once you have updated your account records your
internet banking service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
---------------------------------------------------
Further red flags:
The use of language. 'We demand'? Horrific PR!
A further analysis:
The official Lloyd's TSB website is http://www.lloydstsb.com/
The email links you to http://www.lloydstsb-staff.com/, which has been shutdown (by authorities I presume), eventhough in the email it pointed to an apparently legitimate site in Lloyd's itself.
Note: Never ever ever ever open the links from such emails. Always use the main webpages of the company in question. If in doubt, CALL YOUR COMPANY UP AND VERIFY.
8 Comments:
You can't say you got phished till you lost your money :) More like you got a phishing mail that's all.
Posted by toxicle
By Anonymous, at Tuesday, July 26, 2005 1:00:00 pm
There are really stupid "phishing men" sending it to you without an account.
But can you blame the computer for doing it blindly?
Posted by diputs
By Anonymous, at Wednesday, July 27, 2005 1:30:00 am
You should have sign up , i want to see you suffer . :D
Posted by YungJie
By Anonymous, at Thursday, July 28, 2005 7:41:00 am
I got a similar one from HSBC a few weeks back. Guess they just changed the logo to Lloyds. Things that these people do just to get our money.
Posted by Kat
By Anonymous, at Friday, July 29, 2005 1:35:00 pm
Well sometimes when I am bored I would just fill em up with funny names. Give em some time to waste.
But I haven't got any phishing mail lately. Yahoo! and gmail are doing a job too good by ruining my fun.
Posted by Jon
By Anonymous, at Friday, July 29, 2005 10:31:00 pm
toxicle: perhaps you're right
diputs: its usually the people behind the keyboard :)
yungjie: you should, then!
kat: well there are always the non tech-savvy types
jon: then you should change your email provider :P
Posted by pat
By Anonymous, at Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:55:00 am
Haha, I get phished on a regular basis. They always seem to slip thru my yahoomail defences.
Posted by sarah
By Anonymous, at Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:58:00 am
Heh. Switch back to Hotmail. That will get em coming!
Posted by Jon
By Anonymous, at Saturday, July 30, 2005 10:03:00 pm
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