Phrishing attempt?

pearl123

I've just receieved the following. Is this a phishing attempt? I think it is but not certain. (Actually, I've just notice the incomplete sentence so I suspect it is a fake).

Welcome to Internet Banking: Ownership Authentication Guide
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Dear Customer's,[/FONT]

[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]We are contacting you in regards to your online banking Ownership
Authentication Guide for your safety.

Our Security team has observed multiple logons on your online banking account,
from different blacklisted IP's,As a result of this.

we compulsory this Authentication process for security reasons.
Kindly verified your detail in the reference below in other to
avoid services suspension.


[Security Centre Authentication Guide *Click Here*]
Important Notices : This Authentication Guide we enable our security team to protect
your Co-operative Bank p.l.c against Unauthorized attempt.

Enjoy Your Internet Banking Guide.[/FONT]

greatgimpo

Well done, you soon spotted that one.

Hungerdunger

Pearl123 - were you really uncertain about this? There are just too many clues for it to be anything but a fake. The inability to string a sentence together; the fact that they address you as "customer" - made worse by the insertion of an apostrophe in "customer's" - need I go on?

Even the American spelling of "unauthorised" should be enough of a clue without the rest.

societys_child

Have a look here:

http://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/servlet/Satellite/1199779298993,CFSweb/Page/Bank-InternetBanking?WT.svl=copy


You could forward it to the address below if you wish

ihaveseenascam@co-operativebank.co.uk

pearl123

Yes, Hungerdunger, I did briefly believe it was real. Probably due to panicking over the information in it and reading the text too quickly. I also have dyslexia which maybe does not help.
I'm grateful to those who confirmed it was a phrishing scam.

chris_m

Hungerdunger wrote: »

There are just too many clues for it to be anything but a fake. The inability to string a sentence together

Indeed - fluent Nigerian

made worse by the insertion of an apostrophe in "customer's"

I wouldn't place too much reliance on that particular element as a giveaway. Plenty of native English-speakers can't cope with apostrophes, not just grocers - or should that be grocer's? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Well done to pearl123 for being, rightly, suspicious.

dunstonh

Easy to spot it is fake:

1 - "Dear customer's". - not personalised and poor English.
2 - "We are contacting you in regards to your online banking Ownership" - more poor English
3 - "Our Security team has observed multiple logons on your online banking account, from different blacklisted IP's " - Jargon. A bank wouldnt use that
4 - "As a result of this. we compulsory this Authentication process for security reasons. Kindly verified your detail in the reference below in other to avoid services suspension." - Very poor English. Almost as if it has been run through a online translator first.
5- "your Co-operative Bank p.l.c against Unauthorized attempt. " - one of the biggest give aways in spam mails. American spelling rather than British.
6 - not signed off by a real person.
7 - all banks tell you that they will not send such things out by email