Admins if you think anything is wrong with me posting this please delete I won't be offended.
Well my site has been suspended, spoke to the hosting who I have been with for years and they forwarded me the email (not sure if they where supposed to)
Here it is:
Dear Sirs:
RSA, an anti-fraud and security company, is under contract to assist
Lloyds TSB Bank plc and its related entities in Lloyds Banking Group plc
("the Group") in preventing or terminating online activity that targets
the Group's clients as potential fraud victims. RSA has been made aware
that you appear to be providing Internet Services to a fraudulent
website, which is part of a "phishing scam"*. This activity violates the
Group's copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights and
may violate the criminal laws of the United States and other nations.
E-mail messages have been broadly distributed to individuals by a person
or entity pretending to be one of the Group's entities, such as Lloyds
TSB Bank plc, Halifax, Bank of Scotland plc or Cheltenham & Gloucester
plc. These e-mails use the name of a Group entity and identity
(including trademarks) without authorization. The e-mails request
recipients to verify and submit sensitive details related to one or more
of their accounts with the Group. Within the fraudulent e-mail message,
there is a link that leads the recipients to a fraudulent website
displaying some of the Group's copyrighted materials and trademarks.
The fraudulent website is located at the following URL address
http://miagaming.com/components/com_poll/models/Login.php to which you
provide services and which is under your control.
The fraudulent website not only represents a misuse of the Group's
intellectual property; its purpose is to improperly obtain personal
information of the Group's customers in order to fraudulently access
their bank accounts. The owners of those websites typically perpetrate
identity-theft related activities, such as using customer's credit cards
or bank accounts without authorization. In addition, since the vast
majority of all of the e-mails are not being sent to actual customers of
the Group entities, the actions may serve to damage the reputation and
image of Lloyds TSB Bank , Halifax, Bank of Scotland, Cheltenham &
Gloucester.
Please take all necessary steps to immediately shut down the fraudulent
website, terminate its availability to the Internet and discontinue the
transmission of any e-mails associated with this website.
We understand that you may not be aware of this improper use of your
services and we appreciate your cooperation. We specifically would ask
that you also take the following actions:
* Please provide us with a tar/zip file of the source code for
this site, so that we may analyze it to help prevent further attacks;
* If any customer data has been captured and is stored on your
systems or equipment, please send us that data so the customers to whom
that data relates can be notified and take steps to protect their
credit.
* Please provide a copy of any records you maintain that indicate
the name, contact information, method of payment or similar information
that may be useful in helping learn about the identity and location of
the customer for whom the website has been operated.
Thank you for your cooperation to prevent and terminate this fraudulent
activity.
Sincerely,
RSA Anti Fraud Command Centre
Tel: +44(0)800-032-7751 (UK)
Tel: +1-866-408-7525 (US)
Fax: +972-9-9566658 (EU)
Fax: +1-212-208-4644 (US)
E-mail: [email protected]
Anyone had any dealings with this, host said they may have to reset the site. Site is running joomla so no idea where this has come from. Also what is concerning me is can they really request my details via email??? Doesn't DPA protect me from that?
Not done anything wrong but a little worried.
Well my site has been suspended, spoke to the hosting who I have been with for years and they forwarded me the email (not sure if they where supposed to)
Here it is:
Dear Sirs:
RSA, an anti-fraud and security company, is under contract to assist
Lloyds TSB Bank plc and its related entities in Lloyds Banking Group plc
("the Group") in preventing or terminating online activity that targets
the Group's clients as potential fraud victims. RSA has been made aware
that you appear to be providing Internet Services to a fraudulent
website, which is part of a "phishing scam"*. This activity violates the
Group's copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights and
may violate the criminal laws of the United States and other nations.
E-mail messages have been broadly distributed to individuals by a person
or entity pretending to be one of the Group's entities, such as Lloyds
TSB Bank plc, Halifax, Bank of Scotland plc or Cheltenham & Gloucester
plc. These e-mails use the name of a Group entity and identity
(including trademarks) without authorization. The e-mails request
recipients to verify and submit sensitive details related to one or more
of their accounts with the Group. Within the fraudulent e-mail message,
there is a link that leads the recipients to a fraudulent website
displaying some of the Group's copyrighted materials and trademarks.
The fraudulent website is located at the following URL address
http://miagaming.com/components/com_poll/models/Login.php to which you
provide services and which is under your control.
The fraudulent website not only represents a misuse of the Group's
intellectual property; its purpose is to improperly obtain personal
information of the Group's customers in order to fraudulently access
their bank accounts. The owners of those websites typically perpetrate
identity-theft related activities, such as using customer's credit cards
or bank accounts without authorization. In addition, since the vast
majority of all of the e-mails are not being sent to actual customers of
the Group entities, the actions may serve to damage the reputation and
image of Lloyds TSB Bank , Halifax, Bank of Scotland, Cheltenham &
Gloucester.
Please take all necessary steps to immediately shut down the fraudulent
website, terminate its availability to the Internet and discontinue the
transmission of any e-mails associated with this website.
We understand that you may not be aware of this improper use of your
services and we appreciate your cooperation. We specifically would ask
that you also take the following actions:
* Please provide us with a tar/zip file of the source code for
this site, so that we may analyze it to help prevent further attacks;
* If any customer data has been captured and is stored on your
systems or equipment, please send us that data so the customers to whom
that data relates can be notified and take steps to protect their
credit.
* Please provide a copy of any records you maintain that indicate
the name, contact information, method of payment or similar information
that may be useful in helping learn about the identity and location of
the customer for whom the website has been operated.
Thank you for your cooperation to prevent and terminate this fraudulent
activity.
Sincerely,
RSA Anti Fraud Command Centre
Tel: +44(0)800-032-7751 (UK)
Tel: +1-866-408-7525 (US)
Fax: +972-9-9566658 (EU)
Fax: +1-212-208-4644 (US)
E-mail: [email protected]
Anyone had any dealings with this, host said they may have to reset the site. Site is running joomla so no idea where this has come from. Also what is concerning me is can they really request my details via email??? Doesn't DPA protect me from that?
Not done anything wrong but a little worried.
