Scam email..

smartie1976

Please don't just put them in the trash can - report them to the websites of the spoofed banks so they can take action to shut down those sites.
You do need to forward them, so they can get all the senders data.

Abbey - (site currently down)
Barclays/Woolich - internetsecurity@barclays.co.uk
Halifax - onlineemailinvestigations@hbosplc.com
Natwest - nwolb@natwest.com
Bank Of America - abuse@bankofamerica.com

sukhwant

mrsyorkie wrote:

Just received an email from barclay's bank asking me to update my bank details due to a scheduled software update.

THIS IS A SCAM, PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK ON THE EMAIL.

I knew this straight away as i don't even bank with Barclay's, but some people may be fooled.

the link on the email is

http://ibank.barclays.co.uk/olb/confirm/ConfirmMember.do

They may use other links though.

I'd attach the email, but i'm not allowed to access photobucket or anything from work.

hi, that link that you posted above is the genuine barclays address???

i got one the other day for a different address???

thriftyjo

I found one of them the other day when I was o this sounds bad when I was looking through my mums emails - she doesn't like deleting them herself so they mount up everytime I visit I have to go through them she had 716 emails thats not including spam! The barclay ones where in there I am so pleased she hadnt spotted them because she would def have replied with all her details!

shaunybhoy

"totaly in the wrong forum i know so dont be going nuts but take a look @ this"

(Dear winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement of the UK National Lottery Online Programme with draw numbers(#618) 7,9,10,19,22, 14 held on 13th saturday january, 2007.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £251,420GBP All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly

Please contact:
FIDUCIARY AGENT:MR CHRISTOPHER THOMAS
EMAIL:fiduciary_lotteryclaimsagent21@yahoo.co.uk
Provide him with the information below:
1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:
11.Email Address:
12.Draw Number above:

Yours Truly,
Sir. Richard K. Lloyd.
Co-Coordinator (Online Promo Programme).))))))

lol

Diminutive

The weird thing about that barclays one is that it is a genuine barclays subdomain. I'm not sure how the scammers would be trying to get details etc. The most common is switching the domain and the subdomain around. its so common with paypal scams, since paypal actively advise people to check the URL bar. But instead of something like secure.paypal.com they see paypal.secure.com and presume its on the paypal site when infact it would be in the secure.com site (not suggesting secure.com is domain used for scams, i've never looked there).

syanide

check them all out here: http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/archives/current

corkheel

i had the same last week, barclays and the woolwich i don`t bank with either.
the best thing to do is if you get emails fom some one you don`t bank with,bin it. don`t even open it, it could cost you.
have a nice day............

Mrs_B_12

You can report all bank scam emails here: http://www.banksafeonline.org.uk/

"Bank Safe Online sets out simple steps you can take to help keep safe online. We also provide you with updates on the latest scams, and enable you to report any suspicious emails or websites to us direct."