Halifax banking customers beware!!

rooban

I received an email purportedly from Halifax bank. Normally I can see through these phishing scams but this email was very well disguised! Even the link was quite believable unless you had any anti phishing filters etc. It went like https://www.halifax.co.uk.accountchecking...... etc!! It is very well disguised so when you first look at it you will certainly think it is genuine!

ormus

the biggest clue is in the url!
second clue is anything to do with account checking etc... is 99.9% iffy.

just delete em. along with the nigerian begging letters and the viagra adverts!

seaweasel

You bank will never send you an email asking you to log in from a link. For this reason phishing emails are easy to spot, even if they're put together convincingly.

Poppycat

I never ever respond to emails from any banks, even if they look genuine. I often get emails from MBNA/Abbey but I wouldnt click on any links contained just to be on the safe side.

sarahlouise210

I had one too ...as I do not have a Halifax account then I knew not to click on the link!!

elDeeJay

The safest approach if ever in doubt is NEVER use a link in an email. If, as a halifax customer, if you get an email which looks genuine, then close the email and log into the Halifax website using your browser and typing in the URL itself.

That was you can never get shafted by this stealth URLs. Same goes for all such banks/phishing emails

CHR15

I always click them and put any old random numbers in the boxes.

Hopefully there is some Toe-rag rubbing his hands together thinking he has obtained genuine account details!

callmelinda

elDeeJay wrote:

The safest approach if ever in doubt is NEVER use a link in an email. If, as a halifax customer, if you get an email which looks genuine, then close the email and log into the Halifax website using your browser and typing in the URL itself.

That was you can never get shafted by this stealth URLs. Same goes for all such banks/phishing emails

That's absolutely the right thing to do whether it be with banks or whatever. Always open your browser and put in the URL you know is right, like paypal.com or whatever. Any message sent to you by e-mail, if legitimate, should appear without your account anyway so there is no reason to be clicking links in e-mails in this regard. They are disguised well sometimes and you might just not look close enough but if you always do what is suggested by elDeeJay as standard, you will decrease the chance of being compromised.

Dead_Eye_Jones

elDeeJay wrote:

and typing in the URL itself

although the super paranoid might still want to check their host file to ensure the URL actually routes you to the right site! Typing it in is still no guarantee - check those security certificates people!

callmelinda

CHR15 wrote:

I always click them and put any old random numbers in the boxes.

Hopefully there is some Toe-rag rubbing his hands together thinking he has obtained genuine account details!

Personally I would not do this. If they are running illegal operations, the webpage you visit may be infected with anything and even if you're running antivirus etc, I don't see the point in risking visiting their sites, giving them your ip and potentially getting a trojan or virus slipped onto your pc.

I understand why you would do it as to cause an annoyance to them, but I don't think it's in your own interest to do it or to risk a security breach.

CHR15

I know what you mean and I would never recommend it. But I am happy with my system and am not too bothered about virus' even if I did get one.

Gives me something to do.:)