Websense® Security Labs™ has received reports of a phishing attack that targets users of Banco Banvivienda. Users receive a spoofed email message which claims that new servers have been deployed and that, in order to keep customer data secure, they will have to log on to their account to restore the data on record. The email provides a link to a phishing site that attempts to collect personal and account information.

This phishing site is hosted in Spain and was up at the time of this alert.

Translated Phishing email text:

Dear Banvivienda Customer,

Banvivienda informs you that with the beginning of the new year 2007, the Banvivienda banking servers have been updated and are now operative. But due to the high volume of people using internet as a secure paying method, we see an obligation to ask you for your collaboration to quickly restore data in the new platforms.
If you have not logged on to your internet banking in the last 12 minutes we ask you to do so immediately to avoid any anomaly in your account or future loss of data.

Please log in to your account through the following link:

< LINK REMOVED >

Banvivienda puts at your disposition, without additional costs, new servers that take advantage of the latest data protection and encryption technology.
One more time Banvivienda is the leader in the field.

Lastly we remind you that, recently, fraudolent fake emails have been sent out for lucrative purposes. Please, never put your bank card details on an email and always confirm that the provenience of the email is @banvivienda.com.

Phishing Screenshot:

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