Strange Email Received

skea56

Hi everyone, I've just received this email:



[SIZE=-1]The following document(s) have arrived in your document store:

Dear Online Service Customer,

You have exceeded the maximum number of logon attempts and your account has been locked.
Please log on below to reinstate your access.

Log on [/SIZE]

Regards

Halifax Online Helpdesk
Halifax is a division of Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No. SC327000.
Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 1YZ..



When you select "log on" you are taken to this site: http://www.terredevanhoorn.nl/bestanden/flash/rurConfirmation.php

I do not and never have had a Halifax account, nor have I ever applied for one. Have I been a victim of fraud? There is no contact number nor any account details to quote even if I did have one.

Any advice users could provide would be great.

sk56

le_loup

No, because you don't have an account with Halifax, you are not a victim of fraud.
An attempt was certainly made and you should not have clicked on the link, it could have compromised your computer.
NEVER, EVER respond to such emails!

opinions4u

Never click on an email link to your bank account.

Always manually type in the required URL yourelf.

thenudeone

It's a very common fraud attempt.

Someone in a country far away writes different versions every day and sends them to millions of email addresses. If you click on the link, you will be taken to a very convincing fake bank website and asked to enter your security details. Some of the websites are so clever that they will immediately and automatically use those details to log in to your bank and show you correct and up to date information about your account on the fake website so that you don't get suspicious

Even if a fraction of 1% of recipients fall for it, the fraudsters will get dozens of bank login details every day and the account holders will get a nasty shock when they go to the cash machine!

just delete it and any like it.

skea56

I usually just delete anything like this - isnt a regular thing, and most times they are sooooooo obviously fake...like the last one which came from [EMAIL="customerservcies@mbnacreditcard.btconnect.co.uk"]customerservcies@mbnacreditcard.btconnect.co.uk[/EMAIL] ....the spelling mistake is intentional lol!!

No worries, I'll just delete them all from now on!

Thanks everyone!!:D

sk56