Strange Email

tesuhoha

I know this is probably not the right board but I just wondered what you think. I got this email today from the Bank of Scotland and basically it just said thank you for your query. We will be dealing with it shortly or words to that effect. While I have a Bank of Scotland credit card I certainly have not raised any query with them and I was wondering if this was a scam email to tempt me to reply and reveal banking details. Just wondered if any of you have experienced anything like this. i didnt reply to it.

Joe_Bloggs

I have received similar emails. They are often just a random attempt to con you as you said. If they get your bank right it is just a lucky guess.
J_B.

lynzpower

I cant remember where I saw this now, but there is a PHISHING hotline I thnk at the inland revenue/ home office. The idea is you forward it on and they try and track the sender.

saubryn

I would either ignore the email, or manually visit your banks web site (as in type the address in yourself instead of clicking links in the email) and look for an email address on there to forward the email to - they probably won't be able to do much, but if they get a lot of people saying they've had phising attempts then they might send out letters alerting other customers to the danger.

Joe_Bloggs

In the email I got it had a link that took me to a near exact copy of the banks login page. There were subtle differences. I reported the link to the bank via phone. It was a sophisticated phishing attempt. I then ran two anti-spyware programs which found nothing.
J_B.

Dr.Shoe_2

I got one from "lloyds" (sic- note the small "L"). Asking me to input my existing bank details so they could see if I was entitled to a £20,000 loan at 4% interest!


They must think I was born on the moon or something!

piglet6

Definitely report it to RBS, and forward it to them for them to deal with/look into. If it is legitimate they obviously need to work on it (so that it doesn't come across as suspicious...) but most likely they'll be pleased you brought it to their attention (after all, how can they fight against this "phishing" if they don't see what's arriving in the inboxes of their customers...?!)

Well done on picking it up as bogus, by the way - proves what a money-savvy person you are!:T (I like to hope that I would pick up on these if I received them, but am not sure that I would have done 12 months ago... Hanging out on this board has certainly improved my knowledge of this type of thing, and I guess its probably the same for you, too!).

Piglet