Abbey alert

kostigovs

Has anyone else received this "alert" from Abbey. As yet i have not replied and am inclined not to do so




Dear Valued Client
Due to a recent security check on Abbey online banking,we require you to confirm your details by clicking on the logon link below

LOGON

Failure to do this within 48hrs will lead to access suspension

Sorry for the inconvienence

Regards

Abbey Online Banking

Abbey National plc. Registered Office: Abbey National House, 2 Triton Square, Regent's Place, London, NW1 3AN, United Kingdom. Registered Number 2294747. Registered in England. Telephone 0870 607 6000. Calls may be recorded or monitored. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/register/ . FSA registration number 106054. Abbey and the flame logo are registered trademarks.

Rollinghome

Most likely to be just another phishing scam. Check the properties of the link and you'll probably find it goes to their Chinese branch.


Edit: Details here http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/archives/123

rb10

Simply delete the email.

Do not reply to it, or click on the link, under any circumstances.

Abbey's online security page states that:

Abbey wrote:

1. Abbey will never send you an email asking to confirm security questions or update your information.
Abbey will NEVER send you an email asking you to enter your Online Banking details. Whenever you log on or enter you security details, it should always be after you have visited the logon page through abbey.com. When you want to access Abbey ebanking – always type https://www.abbey.com into the address bar of your browser. Never click on links or pictures in emails, and avoid setting Abbey.com as a favorite in your browser.

2. When you receive such an email, this is an attempted fraud. This is known as PHISHING (pronounced fishing) as a fraudster is ‘fishing’ for your security details, to try and log into your account to steal money.
Like most UK banks, Abbey has recently been targeted by Phishing scams, an example of the type of email is given below. You will also see a link to the most recent examples. If you have received a scam email, DO NOT click on any links or pictures, or open any attachments. Instead, please forward it to phishing@abbey.com and help us reduce online fraud. We cannot guarantee a response to each email, but we will investigate every report.

cherrycake

Yes, I had this a couple of times before xmas and just deleted it. If it was genuine they could always send a letter.

Mikeyorks

It's a scam.

'Dear valued client' ........ is always the clear giveaway, As most Banks now will address you by name or include a piece of personal data (eg Halifax use part of postcode) in order to authenticate.

And spelling errors are usually present in order to further give the game away :-

Sorry for the inconvienence

G_M

And spelling errors are usually present in order to further give the game away :-


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Sorry for the inconvienence

I agree it's a phishing scam, but sadly spelling mistakes are common these days in genuine letters/emails etc too!

Jonbvn

OP,

Please remove the live link from your post. Better to avoid ensnaring an unsuspecting customer.

BTW, it is an obvious phishing scam. The logon link goes to a site unmommy.com without any security features (padlock in the bottom right of explorer).
Report it to [EMAIL="phishing@abbey.com"]phishing@abbey.com[/EMAIL]

dzug1

You haven't received it from Abbey - you've received it from a crook masquerading as Abbey.

JMW77

I also get these all the time from various banks i always ignore them and delete them. ,

I_luv_cats

I made a series of withdrawals a few years ago and had a message to call them. (they wanted to check as an unusual pattern) It was a call centre in Spain. I smelt a rat BUT after digging it turned out to be genuine.

I do get the odd Paypal or bank email where I don't even have an account with them!!