Halifax SCAM

monki_man

I got an email claiming they were Halifax bank on sunday

Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 12:57:38 +0200
From: "Halifax bank" <identdepmnt_op41797174242@halifax.co.uk> Add to Address Book
To: dj_matt_james@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: OfficiaI Information To AII Halifax Internet banking CIients

However I noticed that dj_matt_james is not my email address

This email tells customers to input their details as the bank wants to upgrade its technical services ???

anyways just beware of this

trisontana

I get these at least once a week . Not only pretending to be from the Halifax but Lloyds TSB and a whole bunch of American banks. The funny thing about this is that I haven't got an account with any of these banks. I have never received ones from the banks I do have accounts with. I have also received them supposedly from PayPal and EBay . In all cases I go on line to the proper company's web-site , found out their ant-fraud department and forward the offending e-mail onto them. They usually reply , thanking me for bringing it to their attention.

Charger_2

No Bank or financial instutuion would ever email you asking for personal information, so all emails that ask ANYTHING like that are scams and should not be answered.

Cas

I also received one of these emails purporting to be from Halifax, again with the incorrect email address. Subject was "Please confirm your Halifax Internet banking internet bankingidentity". I forwarded it to [email="onlineemailinvestigations&#64;hbosplc.com"]onlineemailinvestigations@hbosplc.com[/email] (email address obtained from the bank's official website) and then deleted the original email. Received an automated response from HalifAx thanking me for forwarding it.

Charger's right - no reputable bank would ever ask for your personal details in this manner.