Tuesday, January 22, 2013

UPDATE YOUR ABL (Allied Bank Limited) ONLINE ACCESS -- Keywords: ABL Direct Internet Banking, Bob Hannon, Stone Hill College

NO SPAM, PLEASE --  Allied Bank Limited UPDATE YOUR ABL ONLINE ACCESS

The following spam mail received today in my inbox purportedly from Allied Bank Limited, Pakistan (ABL); requiring the recipients to update ABL Online Access because ABL Online Security System has blocked the users' IP.

The mail was a suspicious one because I've never dealt with ABL; therefore, I started to investigate the whereabouts of this mail and intentions of senders (or best to call them spammers/scammers).
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From: Allied Bank Limited (bhannon@stonehill.edu)
To:
Sent: Tuesday, 22 January 2013 7:59 AM
Subject: UPDATE YOUR ABL ONLINE ACCESS:

Dear Customer,
Your IP is temporarily Blocked by ABL Online Security System.

Allied Bank Limited (ABL).
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EXPLANATION

Following are the findings of my research about this mail:


  • The link given in this mail (http://www.ax3multimedia.com/img/pk.php) leads to a fake look-alike website of ABL Direct Internet Banking, screenshots of original and fake websites are shown below:
Allied Direct Internet Banking - Fake/Look-alike website (click to enlarge)

Allied Direct Internet Banking - Original website (click to enlarge)
The differences are quite significant, specifically the URL.

  • The sender's email address (bhannon@stonehill.edu) used in this is also looks like a hacked one. The email ID belongs to Bob Hannon from Stone Hill College, which is a selective Catholic college located near Boston on a beautiful 375-acre campus in Easton, Massachusetts.
CONCLUSION

This is an effort from cyber-criminals to get the confidential/log-in information of recipients to use the same for their to steal the money using Allied Bank Online Services.

ADVICE

Don't respond to such mails, at all.


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