Firefox saves the Day!

An unusual afternoon on a weekday, unusual because Lord Helios was shining bright throughout the day(that's 'breaking news' in this part of the world). I was busy at work, thought of checking my yahoo mail, then I saw this:

Update Your Axis ® Online Banking Account from Axis Bank

Dear Valued Axis Bank Member:

Due to our concerns, for the safety and integrity of your Axis® Bank Account,
we have issued this warning Notification.

It has come to our attention that your Axis® Bank account information needs
to be updated as part of our continuous commitment in protecting your account and
reducing the instances of fraud on our website. Please take out your time to update
your personal records to enable us serve you better.

Once you have updated your account records your account, services will not
be interrupted and will continue as usual.

To update your Axis® Bank online records, click on the following link:
https://www.axisbank.com/Control.do?page=update

Thank You.

Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, Axis ® Bank will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.

Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.

Like any other novice account holder I clicked on the link. And I was taken to this webpage:



I became suspicious, hmmm.......what is this. For the first time ever, I came across such a warning. This is strange. After diligently reading the Firefox message, I saw the URL of the Webpage:

http://axis.00freehost.com/index.php?bank=www.axisbank.com

Hmm.......this is extremely strange. A full fledged bank, hosting its pages on a free server. That's not the norm. Then I came to the conclusion that I was being 'Phished'. For the first time :-)

I immediately fwded the mail to Axis Bank and warned them. If not for Firefox, I would have been easily cheated. Thank you Firefox!

After sometime, and with some time to fiddle with, I went back to that link and entered all the fake details so that the guy, whoever is phishing, has some laughs or two after reading it :-)