Nationwide hoax message?

amethystcash

Info regarding Phishing emails and Nationwide:

Marketing controller Mike Evemy said there were two key things customers should do.
The first thing was to check the email contained their postcode. "This is information the people who send phishing emails will not have. So, for your peace of mind, we will include it as "proof of authenticity" at the top and bottom of every email we send you in future."
The second thing was to check that the email did not request any confidential details or security information, such as account details or PIN numbers.
"We will never do this in an email. Nor will we direct you to a website requesting you to enter your personal security details, said Mr Evemy.

rb10

amethystcash wrote: »

Info regarding Phishing emails and Nationwide:

Marketing controller Mike Evemy said there were two key things customers should do.
The first thing was to check the email contained their postcode. "This is information the people who send phishing emails will not have.

Of course, the phishers could never get hold of your post code and email address together ... could they?? Next time a Government department loses a USB key full of names, addresses, email addresses and postcodes you might like to think again.

Fred_Bear_2

I notice that Nationwide have changed their message. It now simply says:

Please note, on 1 March, we increased the maximum balance limit on e-Savings Plus to £500,000.
Richard Searle
Head Of Electronic Channels

Perhaps my tongue-in-cheek email to them had an effect after all.
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withnell

John_Kennet wrote: »

My first thought when I received this was that they cannot be serious. Who would keep more than 50K in any account nowadays no matter how much savings they have ? Though I soon realised it was a rather dumb way of advertising their new e-savings plus account which seems to offer not bad rates with strings attached.With the standard e-saver rate below 1% this 2.5% account is looking tempting..

There's a limit to the number of places that you can get good rates if you have funds from a house sale or similar - people are banking on the collapses in the UK being over, which would seem reasonable at the moment.