? dodgy e-mail from nationwide

yully

Hi,
I'm not sure if i've posted this in the right place but if not could some one point me in the right direction. I've just received an e-mail from nationwide saying some accounts have been deactivated due to fraud and directed me to a link to reactivate it. the site looks genuine but I don't have an account with nationwide. My kids do and a while ago I entered a competition on their behalf and used my e-mail so not sure if it's a genuine mistake, if it's their accounts that have the problem or if it's a dodgy scam. I've forwarded it on the natiowide site just to be sure but just wanted to make you guys aware.

tripled

It's a scam

[Deleted User]

only ever go to bank addys by typing in the website in the nav bar.

Go to the nationwide website and read the "phishing link"

btw its a scam as the link will tell u

MPG_2

Yup, it's definately a scam. I get these e-mails from every bank in town but my own. I've printed the e-mail out a couple of times and visited the branches in question. Mostly it's a fob-off. They admit themselves it's a scam, but never seem to take staps to investigate. They all have said to me that they wouldn't contact customers regarding security via e-mail, they would write to them. So, junk it and ignore any future e-mails.

[Deleted User]

I get these scam emails all the time 'from' all banks. I just take them with a pinch of salt now. :rolleyes:

If you put your mouse over the link in the email you will see what the real link behind the HTML code is.

Big_Nige

Forward it to the nationwide on [EMAIL="phishing@nationwide.co.uk"]phishing@nationwide.co.uk[/EMAIL]

MattB_4

yully wrote: »

Hi,
My kids do and a while ago I entered a competition on their behalf and used my e-mail so not sure if it's a genuine mistake, if it's their accounts that have the problem or if it's a dodgy scam.

If that was the Smart competition then you email address definitely went nowhere near the database so definitely report that one on the email already quoted.