The Scam Hunter

This phishing message has one of the most characteristic hallmarks of a scam: a nonsense return address used to conceal the actual sender’s identity. Unlike most such messages, however, it isn’t written in broken English and so may succeed in fooling many recipients. People who click on the (here deleted) link embedded in the message will end up giving away their secret passwords to the scammers.

from: Abbey National PLC. (uuqvrp@yahoo.com)
date: Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:13 AM
subject: Abbey National plc. irregular activity on your Abbey Check Card

Dear Abbey National Online Customer,

We detected irregular activity on your Abbey Check Card on 16 September, 2009.

As the Primary Contact, you must verify your account activity before you can continue using your card, and upon verification, we will remove any restrictions placed on your account.

To review your account as soon as possible please click on the link below:

[scam link deleted]

Thank you for using Abbey Bank Online.

We appreciate your business and the opportunity to serve you.

Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.