WARNING Lloyds Bank Security

MoneyMate

If you are with Lloyds OR others watch out for fraudsters, below is a direct copy send to me :eek:

AND DON'T CLICK ON ANY LINK



Account Status Notification :spam:

We are contacting you to Inform you that our Account security department identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with Lloyds Bank Plc User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been accessed from fraudulent locations, access to your account has been limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved please Click My Account Activity to continue.
My Account Activity
We take your online safety seriously, which is why we use state of the art notification systems to identify unusual activity and a challenge process to validate your details.


Thanks for banking with Lloyds.
Customer Finance Department
© Lloyds & Co, 2013.
Disclaimer: Lloyds Bank plc and Lloyds Scotland plc are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. FSA authorisation can be checked on the FSA’s Register at: https://www.fsa.gov.uk/register . Lloyds Bank plc and Lloyds Scotland plc are members of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme and the Financial Ombudsman Service.
This email was sent by Lloyds Bank plc Registered Office: London Strand, 51/55 Strand, WC2N 5LS . Registered in England and Wales no. 2065.

dunstonh

Stands out like a spam/fraud email in a number of ways.

1 - very poor grammar and unusual use of capitals.
2 - not personalised to you and no name given on sender
3 - copyright is not required in an email and Lloyds & Co do not exist
4 - the compliance warning is not a disclaimer.
5 - They are not members of the FSCS or FOS.
6 - Lloyds Bank plc hasnt existed for over a decade. Lloyds Scotland plc has never existed.

There are probably others but they are the obvious ones. Number 1 & 2 is the key giveaway in any of these. However, the fraudulent emails frequently get the company name and compliance messages wrong.

torbrex

I get stuff like that from banks all over the world and they all end up being reported as phishing scams.

One tip though, if you are going to copy an email like that to the forum it would be more helpful if you were to remove all the links rather than just post a warning about them.

MoneyMate

dunstonh wrote: »

Stands out like a spam/fraud email in a number of ways.

1 - very poor grammar and unusual use of capitals.
2 - not personalised to you and no name given on sender
3 - copyright is not required in an email and Lloyds & Co do not exist
4 - the compliance warning is not a disclaimer.
5 - They are not members of the FSCS or FOS.
6 - Lloyds Bank plc hasnt existed for over a decade. Lloyds Scotland plc has never existed.

There are probably others but they are the obvious ones. Number 1 & 2 is the key giveaway in any of these. However, the fraudulent emails frequently get the company name and compliance messages wrong.

Thanks dunstonh Good Points.