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Beware of fraudulent email from banks! Important Security alert

Prashanth on December 31st, 2007

Today afternoon I got a mail from HDFC Bank saying “Your HDFC Bank Account Need Authentication To Keep Your Account Activate Otherwise It Will Get Blocked”. In the first look only I got some doubt about the email. There was a link to login to HDFC Bank account. When I put mouse over it, it was pointing to some other IP address. This is what exactly the mail was:

Bank Fraud Email 1 Click to enlarge

To investigate further I clicked the link & the page I got was exactly same as of actual HDFC login page.

Bank Fraud Email 2 Click to enlarge

To digg more about that IP, I removed all subdirectories from URL & entered only IP. Now I got really shocked! It showed up a web directory with two directories, one for HDFC & another for ICICI Bank! Check ICICI Bank’s page from same IP below:

Bank Fraud Email 3 Click to Enlarge

If you have noticed one thing in this post, first screen shot was taken from Mozilla Firefox, other two are from Internet Explorer 7. You know why? Firefox instantly showed that was a fraudulent URL! but IE don’t have such feature.

Bank Fraud Email 4 Click to Enlarge

That’s why whole world says Firefox is more safer than IE. If you still want to use IE, you can install MC Afee site advisor. I tried same URL with Site Advisor enabled on IE & Site Advisor successfully found it fraudulent & landed on it’s own page saying site was improper. It’s always better to use Firefox. Get Firefox Here


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  • Prashanth
    The above subject refers to "Phishing" of security information thru internet which is a Cyber Crime.
    Banks will never ask for updation of passwords thru internet.
    If the Internet banking password is blocked; banks will ask to apply for fresh password thru Phone Banking or at ATM machines or applying directly from respective branches.
    Always check the URL's before entering security information like User/Login ID, Log in password & Transaction password.
    Secondly do not carry any transactions in unprotected PC's at Cybercafes.
    If any of the sites are asking for updation of passwords, pl check the URL link and report the same to corresponding bank.
  • chidambaram
    In brief, a 'phishing' email is one that pretends to be from a company or bank and which asks you, (for various reasons), to enter your account data, such as login details. These scams are often supported by fake spoof websites, and victims are tricked into thinking they are logging to a real website. Phishing is a form of identity theft, where fraudsters steal your identity and personal information to gain access to your accounts or commit other crimes using your persona.
  • its called "phishing"~~~its very common now a days
  • You should not click on the link which you are not sure about. There are chances that some spywares may get downloaded to your system and pass your system information to hackers.
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