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should i respond?

webitha
webitha Posts: 4,799 Forumite
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hiya all

i jsut got a email supposedly from halifax online technical support stating that they have updated their software and i have to click on the link they give to keep my online banking from being suspended

this smacks of a scam what does everyone else think?
If we can put a man on the moon...how come we cant put them all there?

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  • mophead
    mophead Posts: 198 Forumite
    Sounds like a scam to me.
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,935 Forumite
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    Dont do it, it's a phishing email.
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  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    I wouldn't do it personally, it sounds dodgy - could you ring their customer services and find out if they've been sending out emails like this?
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  • webitha
    webitha Posts: 4,799 Forumite
    sorry i am either thick or due to banging headache (DD2 2 today and everyone got her noisy toys arrrrgggghhh) but what is phishing ?
    If we can put a man on the moon...how come we cant put them all there?

  • dizzy_lizzie
    dizzy_lizzie Posts: 2,952 Forumite
    Definately don't do it!!! x
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  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    Scam, I got one the other day
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  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    webitha wrote:
    sorry i am either thick or due to banging headache (DD2 2 today and everyone got her noisy toys arrrrgggghhh) but what is phishing ?


    phishing is the process whereby crooks send emails to people that look genuine asking them to log onto a website to check their details.
    their aim is to gain your login details so they can clean out your a/c.

    NEVER NEVER NEVER click on a link in an email to any finacial a/c.
  • Nutty_Tart
    Nutty_Tart Posts: 252 Forumite
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    Hi all, this is my first post (been hanging around for a while!) I have just checked my e-mails, as I also bank on-line with Halifax. I have not had one from their technical support so suspect it a scam/phishing etc. If it was 'real' they would send one to everyone with a Halifax on-line account wouldn't they?
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  • melaniec_2
    melaniec_2 Posts: 158 Forumite
    sometimes the banks like you to forward these scam emails to them I know Barclays do
  • sophiesmum_2
    sophiesmum_2 Posts: 4,965 Forumite
    Definately a scam.
    I get them regularly for banks I don't even have accounts with.

    sophiesmum
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