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Should I be worried?

ZINXYX
ZINXYX Posts: 627 Forumite
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edited 22 March 2010 at 12:36PM in Budgeting & bank accounts
Hi good people,
I have just received the e-mail below .

Abbey National Plc: Failed login Attempt


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Dear Online Banking Customer,


You have got 1 new message from Abbey National plc.

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Best Regards.
Abbey Banking plc Security Department Team.

* Please do not reply to this email as your reply will not be received.






Trouble is I don't have an account with Abbey National. Should I be worried; the email address is mine?
Thanks
You can have God without religion!

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  • girlinabox
    girlinabox Posts: 178 Forumite
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    I would. Call Abbey and ask if they ever email their customers.
  • pmduk
    pmduk Posts: 10,683 Forumite
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    It's a phishing attempt. If you click on the logon button you'll be sent to a site looking like the real one and invited to log on with your id and security info. Needless to say, you'll have your account details stolen and probably the contents as well.
  • Hazzanet
    Hazzanet Posts: 1,724 Forumite
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    The "Logon" button appears to take you to a korean website. This is definitely phishy.
    4358
  • ZINXYX
    ZINXYX Posts: 627 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Thanks every one for your replies.
    You can have God without religion!
  • nzseries1
    nzseries1 Posts: 2,240 Forumite
    If you just hover your mouse over the "Log on" button, you can see it would take you to:

    http:// https://www.ilovewater .or.kr

    Definitely not the official banking site! You should never ever ever ever click a link in an email claiming to come from a bank. You should always type in the web address of the bank manually, or save it in a trusted bookmark.
    You're spelling is effecting me so much. Im trying not to be phased by it but your all making me loose my mind on mass!! My head is loosing it's hair. I'm going to take myself off the electoral role like I should of done ages ago and move to the Caribean. I already brought my plane ticket, all be it a refundable 1.
  • benoit
    benoit Posts: 327 Forumite
    ZINXYX wrote: »
    Hi good people,
    I have just received the e-mail below .

    Abbey National Plc: Failed login Attempt


    logo_abbey_base.gif

    Dear Online Banking Customer,


    You have got 1 new message from Abbey National plc.



    Best Regards.
    Abbey Banking plc Security Department Team.

    * Please do not reply to this email as your reply will not be received.






    Trouble is I don't have an account with Abbey National. Should I be worried; the email address is mine?
    Thanks


    If you hover your mouse over the log in button & look in the bottom left hand corner of your browser you can see it's not from Abbey. In fact can you edit your posat and remove that link in case someone clicks on it and gets caught out please? It's a fake website that captures personal details for fraudsters.
  • Premier_2
    Premier_2 Posts: 15,141 Forumite
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    ilovewater.jpg
    "Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 2010
  • Premier_2
    Premier_2 Posts: 15,141 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    So I followed the "not recommended" option and got this:

    ilovewater2.jpg

    Should I really be worried, even though it is clearly marked as an Unsafe Website? :D
    "Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 2010
  • nzseries1
    nzseries1 Posts: 2,240 Forumite
    Premier wrote: »
    So I followed the "not recommended" option and got this:
    Should I really be worried, even though it is clearly marked as an Unsafe Website? :D

    Good for you if you use Internet Explorer!
    I don't personally use it because it's so slow. Google Chrome is fast, but doesn't quite have that same level of anti-phishing security, which is a shame!
    You're spelling is effecting me so much. Im trying not to be phased by it but your all making me loose my mind on mass!! My head is loosing it's hair. I'm going to take myself off the electoral role like I should of done ages ago and move to the Caribean. I already brought my plane ticket, all be it a refundable 1.
  • pmduk
    pmduk Posts: 10,683 Forumite
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    Google Chrome is now showing that as a phishing site.
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