HSBC phishing emails

deb0sca

Don't know if they're just targeting hsbc customers, but someone out there is pretending to work for their internet security team. They report someone has accessed your account online and asks you to immediately log in using their link (as if !) and report any unusual transactions. HSBC confirmed it's not from them so I forwarded message to their "abuse" address. However, today, I've had another message saying someone has accessed my account on a given date (I was nowhere near a computer that day) and to log into another link - which actually READS as though it might lead to the hsbc site. it also gives a warning not to trust all emails and to check with hsbc first. Is this a double-bluff or am I paranoid?

bryanb

Never use a link to connect to your bank. Full stop!

exel1966

I get them everyday to my hotmail account !

I've never even had an account with them ! :rotfl:

GetRealBabe

exel1966 wrote: »

I get them everyday to my hotmail account !

I've never even had an account with them ! :rotfl:

Hi

Same here. Most of them end up in the spam/junk folder.

GRB

TheAccountant_2

I receive 2-3 different phishing emails per week there is usually one for HSBC in there.

The link, which you should never follow, will take you to a page that will look legitimate but will often reside on an innocent victims website that has been hijacked. I always forward them to the relevant bank as they do investigate the links and try and eliminate them.

Forward such emails to the relevant bank i.e.:

[EMAIL="phishing@hsbc.com"]phishing@hsbc.com[/EMAIL];
[EMAIL="phishing@abbey.com"]phishing@abbey.com[/EMAIL];
[EMAIL="phishing@cahoot.co.uk"]phishing@cahoot.co.uk[/EMAIL];
[EMAIL="phishing@egg.com"]phishing@egg.com[/EMAIL];
[EMAIL="phishing@Natwest.com"]phishing@Natwest.com[/EMAIL]

etc.

Funkyfreddy

deb0sca wrote: »

Don't know if they're just targeting hsbc customers, but someone out there is pretending to work for their internet security team. They report someone has accessed
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READS as though it might lead to the hsbc site. it also gives a warning not to trust all emails and to check with hsbc first. Is this a double-bluff or am I paranoid?

Accross several e-mail addresses I see boat loads each week "from" a variety of banks around the globe – not just UK ones.

Most will be from banks you don't have accounts with which obviously is a big give away but they rely on the fact they will get one or two to land in somebodies inbox that does bank with that particluar bank and believes it to be genuine who is then naive/gullible enough to provide complete login details to the fraudsters.

Your bank will tell you they will never contact you by e-mail – if they have something important to tell you they will write to you.

Just delete it together with the Viagra e-mails and have done with it. Same goes for those suggesting they are from eBay, Paypal and so on.

FF

Mikeyorks

deb0sca wrote: »

and to log into another link - which actually READS as though it might lead to the hsbc site.

That is the intention. If it entirely lacked conviction - it would be a bit pointless.

Either delete it ....... or send it to this composite site set up by APACS. Saves having to remember / research all the different addresses provided by the Banks as part of their usual lack of consistency :-

http://www.banksafeonline.org.uk/report_scam.html