Natwest scam?

opinions4u

I'd really urge anyone who uses the internet and believes these messages could be real to take steps to protect themselves from fraud and by being extremely sceptical of any message coming in via email and assume it is fake unless you can prove otherwise. never go online again.

Fixed for you.

Jonbvn

opinions4u wrote: »

Fixed for you.

I'd go further and enforce removal of all internet access.;)

Sinhanada

thenudeone wrote: »

It will be a scam.

It's dead easy to forge a hyperlink. See how easy it is: www.itv.com



Nicely done there!

As for the OP, this is a scam email:

http://exposed-scammers.blogspot.co.uk/

The biggest clue (If you have copied and pasted the mail) is the amount of words with no spaces inbetween. Pretty much a dead giveaway!

tom9980

Its incredibly easy to fake perfectly any website too, there is a particular tool available for free which can perfectly spoof a website in about 30-60 seconds.

Always be sceptical.

talexuser

Without addressed directly to your name it is so obviously a scam as to be not worth asking the question.

Latest trick seems to be scanning emails at random.

My credit card sends a monthly email reminder before DD payment is due (correct name) quoting the last four digits of the card number i.e. ************XXXX, which I don't see the point of doing.

I even got a spam from a bank I don't bank with, follow link to reset passwords after attempt to remove money etc etc blah blah - quoting the correct last four digits of the credit card!

innovate

talexuser wrote: »

I even got a spam from a bank I don't bank with, follow link to reset passwords after attempt to remove money etc etc blah blah - quoting the correct last four digits of the credit card!

I have been getting these sorts of phishers for years, and to email addresses I never use for banking. My email provider offers a 'report phishing' facility, and I always report the obvious ones.

It's interesting to see essentially the same scams over and over again but I don't really understand why anybody nowadays would still consider an email with a bank login request as real. Are parents and schools not teaching kids, have parents and teachers been hiding under a rock in the last decade?

Simple rule: just NEVER click on any link you receive in an email, unless you are 100% certain you know the sender and can trust them explicitly. This saves you not only from having your login details stolen but also from contracting viruses and key loggers.

jimjames

talexuser wrote: »

Without addressed directly to your name it is so obviously a scam as to be not worth asking the question.

Latest trick seems to be scanning emails at random.

I even got a spam from a bank I don't bank with, follow link to reset passwords after attempt to remove money etc etc blah blah - quoting the correct last four digits of the credit card!

If you send out enough emails someone will match the credit card number to one of theirs. The fact it is shown as from a bank you are not a customer of just shows the random nature of them.

I'm still shocked that anyone is considering these to be real. My father in law recently got one "from his bank" which was fake and went through a convoluted process to check if it was real or not. I was very surprised as I thought he had been online long enough to realise but clearly the fact these are still being sent means it is still worth the scammers time to send them.

I no longer even see them as Gmail does such a good job of removing them from my email to spam. I've just checked and apart from the bank ones today I also have a tax refund due, Paypal payments made on my account, Unclaimed Millions from Dictators - all Fake!

For info this are a fake/scam email too so if you have received it just delete. I've only repeated it here so anyone searching may find the thread via Google

Dear Applicant:

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to recieve a tax refund

A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons. Refund Amount: 412.60 GBP.

To submit your tax refund please downloading the document attached to this e-mail.

Please submit a tax refund request and allow us 2-5 days in order to process it

Sincerely,
Victoria Peter.
HMRC Tax Credit Office
TAX REFUND ID: UK381716209-HMRC
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Paypal
ppal.co.uk
Dear member,

You sent a mobile payment for £91.24 GBP to Lars Leander. A message has been sent to the recipient asking to accept or refuse the payment.

Please note that it may take a little while for this payment to appear in the Recent Activity list on your Account Overview.

talexuser

innovate wrote: »

to email addresses I never use for banking

Yep, mine too was a service I don't use for any financial stuff.

I have copied spams "from" banks I don't bank with to the report phishing address of the relevant real banks.

Always have to search it out after several clicks from the bank's home page in fine print when I think phishing report links should be prominently displayed on their home page to make it as easy as possible for responsible people to report, after all it is in their own interest!

macgyver

I am currently getting 2-3 similar emails a day even though I do not have an account with Natwest

NatWest Credit Card
To Recipients
Today at 10:19 AM
Dear Valued Customer,

This is a short email to let you know that your NatWest Credit Card Online Services security details was recently changed on Monday, November 11, 2013 at 11:32:48 AM. Please confirm that this request was made by you.

Yes, I made this request.


No, I did not make this request.

Best wishes

Paul Riley
Head of Credit Card

jimjames

talexuser wrote: »

Yep, mine too was a service I don't use for any financial stuff.

I have copied spams "from" banks I don't bank with to the report phishing address of the relevant real banks.

Always have to search it out after several clicks from the bank's home page in fine print when I think phishing report links should be prominently displayed on their home page to make it as easy as possible for responsible people to report, after all it is in their own interest!

Previous experience with banks is that they seem to have very little interest in doing anything about spam/scam emails so I don't bother. I get so many that it would take too long to report them all.

The general message should be: banks do not use email to send messages requiring you to log in. Any serious issues with your account would be communicated by phone or by post.