Bank - allegedly - spam emails...

jeannieblue

At work we are inundated with emails from (allegedly) Lloyds, Abbey, Natwest, HSBC and I am sure I have missed a few out.

They all start off by saying that there is a security problem or some such like and please click on link etc and give your bank details (as if!)... they are getting more varied as the weeks/months go on.

They are almost brilliant (slight exaggeration), they also have links at the bottom to the FSA!

I am so sick of deleting them, they bypass our spam collection thingy (sorry I'm not into IT stuff).

I really hope that no one falls for these emails and clicks on the links and fills in their bank details.

But I would love to know two things. 1. How do you stop them. 2. Who are these idiots that are trying to con people? And three - an extra one - what country are these coming from? The spelling and grammar was bad, but it is remarkably better of late.

Pound

They're usually from African countries especially Nigeria but they can of course be from anywhere. You can't completely stop them but spam filters can catch the majority of them.

The best way to deal with them is to educate yourself and other people about how to spot them.

Godders

To give an idea of the scale of spam - at work we normally process around 18,000 - 20,000 messages a minute, of those we deliver around 2000/min. The rest are rejected as spam or viruses, thats around 300 a second being rejected

Butterfly_Brain

download a spam filter from microsoft and windows defender, some still get through so forward them to the real Bank/Building Society, they all have security centres and they will source where the emails have come from and deal with it

d.edna

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

download a spam filter from microsoft and windows defender,

how will this help on a corperate network?

some still get through so forward them to the real Bank/Building Society, they all have security centres and they will source where the emails have come from and deal with it

Good point, or come join us at http://forum.419eater.com/forum with them and we would like some fun with them

lowbrim

I always forward any emails I get related to Bank Spam to [EMAIL="reports@banksafeonline.org.uk"]reports@banksafeonline.org.uk[/EMAIL] this is an organisation who monitors and closes them down http://www.banksafeonline.org.uk/report_scam.html

moonrakerz

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

so forward them to the real Bank/Building Society, they all have security centres and they will source where the emails have come from and deal with it

I did this once - the bank's server bounced it back to me because "it contains Spam" !

Freddie_Snowbits

I always fill them in with false information. If ten of us did so everytime, they would have to filter out the false ones from the NEDs.

I always lead on the one with the job offer as it wastes their time as well, last one was a Lisa from some where.

d.edna

Freddie_Snowbits wrote: »

I always fill them in with false information. If ten of us did so everytime, they would have to filter out the false ones from the NEDs.

I always lead on the one with the job offer as it wastes their time as well, last one was a Lisa from some where.

You sir/madam are a legend, good waste of their time

Freddie_Snowbits

d.edna wrote: »

You sir/madam are a legend, good waste of their time

Auntie Edna, it is my Lord if you don't mind:beer: :beer: :beer:

d.edna

Freddie_Snowbits wrote: »

Auntie Edna, it is my Lord if you don't mind:beer: :beer: :beer:

I'm a bloke

And yes I'd go as far as saying you are a lord