Is this a scam?

imoneyop

bod1467 wrote: »

I can access photobucket - PM it to me and I'll check and post.

Should be in your inbox.

benterz222

bod1467 wrote: »

Upload the screenshot to an image hosting site (Tinypic, Photobucket, etc.) then post the link to it in a reply here, but post the link WITHOUT the http:// part.

I've tried this, but didn't work unfortunately.

Bod1467 please feel free to post.

bod1467

The image is safe. But I won't post it as it shows YOUR account number and sort code. Maybe redact the image to remove YOUR details?

It simply says the sender is Mr. O. Adenekan and the money is coming from a Lloyds savings account ending in 776.

benterz222

bod1467 wrote: »

The image is safe. But I won't post it as it shows YOUR account number and sort code. Maybe redact the image to remove YOUR details?

It simply says the sender is Mr. O. Adenekan and the money is coming from a Lloyds savings account ending in 776.

Ah yes good point, thank you! Oops. I'll Photoshop it quickly and send back to you as would be good to get everyone's opinion on the image.

benterz222

Although I'll have to send it to you in 60 minutes time, as apparently I can only send 1 message a minute!

shaun_from_Africa

Mr. O. Adenekan

A West African name so if may well be a new sort of scam that was thought up in Nigeria (a country where a lot of internet based scams originate) or another nearby country.

imoneyop

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

A West African name so if may well be a new sort of scam that was thought up in Nigeria (a country where a lot of internet based scams originate) or another nearby country.

I was thinking the same when I saw the name, but didn't want to risk asking the OP the ethneticity of the person he met.

bod1467

benterz222 wrote: »

Although I'll have to send it to you in 60 minutes time, as apparently I can only send 1 message a minute!

I presume you meant 60 seconds.

http://s161.photobucket.com/user/benterz222/media/IMG_3782_zpsef68ce66.jpg.html

Googleplex

Looking at that screenshot, I'm pretty much certain that it is a scam. While the wording does look similar (identical?) to what Lloyds use when doing a faster payment, the layout of the confirmation page always looks different; there are more details shown down the page.

Edit: Also, look at the URL of the screenshot - would a transaction confirmation show up on a page that has the address /ErrorPageLoggedIn.jsp?

benterz222

Googleplex wrote: »

Looking at that screenshot, I'm pretty much certain that it is a scam. While the wording does look similar (identical?) to what Lloyds use when doing a faster payment, the layout of the confirmation page always looks different; there are more details shown down the page.

Edit: Also, look at the URL of the screenshot - would a transaction confirmation show up on a page that has the address /ErrorPageLoggedIn.jsp?

That's interesting. I don't bank with Lloyd's so I don't know what the actual screen looks like.

Also, have you noticed the URL? It has 'error' in it which can't be good thing.