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[Berrick]

This type of email scam is nothing new but this one shows that they are evolving as the battle about security and the care we take over what we do when receiving such emails also evolves.

In the past general guidance was to ensure the email was from who it claimed to be from and when parting with personal information to ensure that you didn't do anything unless the website you where on was secure. One of the ways to check this For example was to ensure the url started https://.

This email shows how easy it can be to get caught out if we are busy and not really thinking  etc. Read the list in connection with the image.

• First the "from" field if you skim read looks as though it is from the Halifax. Accept if you take time and look closely it is miss spelt.
• Next to further convince you this is a genuine "halifax email" the first link is to the proper website and halifax is spelt correctly (as it would need to be for the correct domain name to get resolved)
• The next link uses a https:// to further try and convince  you that everything is above board. Even using the correct spelling of halifax. The give away if you weren't sure if genuine or not is hovering over the URL to reveal the true destination of the link. http://continue.online.blablabla.DodgyWebpage.php   Not a https or correctly spelt halifax in sight

[renluop]

I know most folk would have no idea, but what about looking behind at such a full message source headers?

I wonder what would happen to us/them, were completely erroneous details given, that would scan, but certainly not customer range accounts. For me that would not be a problem.

[kitz]

One other thing I notice they do of late too is link to images from the actual site they are attempting to scam from.

This is a bit of a clue though as the real site would always use your real name

Dear Sir/Madam

[hake]

Whoever authored this betrays themselves through poor use of the English language.

[kitz]

True, they usually do.   But that is far from the worst example.