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Santander Email scam?
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grizzly1911
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I received an email purportedly from Snatander asking me to click a link to validate /refesh my online baking credentials.
I clicked the embedded link and my anti virus blocked the link saying it was a dodgy link. It just wouldn't let me in it wasn't just an advisory notice.
I deleted the email. They can always reach me by snail mail if need be.
I know you can sometimes get suspected SPAM that isn't.
Anybody else any experience of this?
I clicked the embedded link and my anti virus blocked the link saying it was a dodgy link. It just wouldn't let me in it wasn't just an advisory notice.
I deleted the email. They can always reach me by snail mail if need be.
I know you can sometimes get suspected SPAM that isn't.
Anybody else any experience of this?
"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
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Oh come on, are you for real.
If you really even considered it to be a real email from Santandar, let alone clicked on the link, you need to make sure you disconnect your internet permanently.
Anybody else experienced this? Well I would imagine probably only the millions upon millions of people who receive these obvious scam emails every day.0 -
Im with lloyds tsb and get these scam emails all the time. I also get them from HSBC too.... dodgey stuff! You do have to be careful. I reported them to Lloyds in the hope it might help stop them.0
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I manage email for a club and there's usually several obvious phishing emails in google mail's spam folder every day.
Did you really think for a split second that it was real?We need the earth for food, water, and shelter.
The earth needs us for nothing.
The earth does not belong to us.
We belong to the Earth0 -
Oh come on, are you for real.Yep
If you really even considered it to be a real email from Santandar, let alone clicked on the link, you need to make sure you disconnect your internet permanently. Why?
Anybody else experienced this? Well I would imagine probably only the millions upon millions of people who receive these obvious scam emails every day.
Fully aware of scam emails and what they "could" do just interested if anyone had seen specific Santander messages."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
thenudeone wrote: »I manage email for a club and there's usually several obvious phishing emails in google mail's spam folder every day.
Did you really think for a split second that it was real?
Not really, I certainly wouldn't have given them anything to act on or enabled anything remotely executable.
I have AV, that is what it is there for and regularly run Malwarebytes clean PC on a daily basis as a minimum."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
I suspect the incredulity is because you clicked on a link within an unsolicited email. You never ever do this, particularly one purporting to be from a financial services company. What if there's a new virus not yet programmed into your AV software? All banks suffer from these phishing attacks, Santander is just one of many.0
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I suspect the incredulity is because you clicked on a link within an unsolicited email. You never ever do this, particularly one purporting to be from a financial services company. What if there's a new virus not yet programmed into your AV software? All banks suffer from these phishing attacks, Santander is just one of many.
And?
There is nothing of any use on my PC. Selective data I want is backed up.
It doesn't have any direct links to my active accounts.
I don't use any keyboard stokes to authenticate. I have a a second security key. I would never log in to my account without going direct to the Banks site certainly not via a link.
The computer is cleaned at least daily.
If it is a real threat I do not believe it would remain undetected for too long."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »And?
There is nothing of any use on my PC. Selective data I want is backed up.
It doesn't have any direct links to my active accounts.
I don't use any keyboard stokes to authenticate. I have a a second security key. I would never log in to my account without going direct to the Banks site certainly not via a link.
The computer is cleaned at least daily.
If it is a real threat I do not believe it would remain undetected for too long.
I think the point is, is that if your A/V software had not stopped you, you would have blindly keyed in your login details into a phoney website and given criminals access to your bank account. Then you would blame Santander when it was emptied.I get enough exercise just pushing my luck0 -
ashleygunn wrote: »I think the point is, is that if your A/V software had not stopped you, you would have blindly keyed in your login details into a phoney website and given criminals access to your bank account. Then you would blame Santander when it was emptied.
You are making a massive assumption there.
I wouldn't and don't, I always use my organisations domain log in, never a third party link.
I can't remember my Santander login either:D but understand why you make that assumption - others no doubt would."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
"You never click a third party link", you just did by clicking on the link in the email.
Seriously if you are falling for such obvious scams, it is only a matter of time before you really are scammed.
And for the record today I got the self same email and I don't even bank with them.0
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