18 Aug 2005

Natwest Phishing

www.personal-natwest.com … This is one of the best ones I have seen so far..

Dear NatWest Bank client,

The management team of NatWest bank is trying to implement new transactions security standards.
The new convenient and safe high-quality level of service to handle your account will be offered to you after the new changes are implemented.
We will update both software and hardware.

We were unable to process your recent transactions on your account.
To ensure that your account is not suspended, please update your information.
If you recently updated your information, please disregard this message as we are processing the changes you have made.
Click here for updating your account information: http://www.personal-natwest.com/

When you’ve finished, always ‘log off’ from Internet banking and if you’re in a public place – please close your browser.

We hope to your assistance,
NatWest Credit/Debit Cards Service Dept.

Easy way to tell.. remember that they DON’T have your username and password, so they can’t verify it… so always sign in with false data :)

Again always use false DATA… if you get into the systems with false details its Phishing .. !!

DaveN

DaveN

4 Comments

  • 1

    I had one like that, the email was html with a big image, meaning you could not check the link as it was redirecting. Very slick.

    Funny thing, I contacted the bank to say they might want to try and shut down the site. They responded saying that I should check my system for viruses and spyware and they they take security seriously.

    Muppets, I wont bother next time.

    ukgimp | http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/

    18th August 2005 @ 11:51

  • 2

    wonder how long it’ll be until they actually do verify the details when you enter.

    Lanson

    18th August 2005 @ 14:07

  • 3

    too risky to do it live, I think it’s more a collection of data at the moment, then test it on mass..

    If I was going to do this i would do it completely different .. but hell I’m not going to give the crazy MF’s any ideas

    DaveN

    DaveN

    18th August 2005 @ 14:44

  • 4

    It would also help if eBay and the banks prevented hotlinking of their own images so that the spammers had to expose more info about where they were operating from. I know it’d just be photobucket and flickr but they’d get shut down, have their life made more difficult etc and be easier for joe average to detect.

    Sarah | http://sarahk.pcpropertymanager.com/blog/how-ebay-can-help-stop-phishing/189/

    16th September 2005 @ 20:26

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