? dodgy e-mail from nationwide

Mrs_B_12

If you go to www.banksafeonline.org.uk you can get forward the email to them and they shut down unsafe sites that link to these emails.

Voyager2002

hollydays wrote: »

Whenever I get these they are usually quite amateurish and/or contain spelling mistakes,like spelling the bank name wrong!!

Yes. What I don't understand is why these people can produce quite convincing replicas of the bank websites, but then give themselves away by such clumsy messages.

trisontana

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Yes. What I don't understand is why these people can produce quite convincing replicas of the bank websites, but then give themselves away by such clumsy messages.

Here is another example I have just received with less than perfect English :-

Dear Valuable Customer,


Hsbc Bank plc. is hereby announcing newly upgrade security system. We have been dealing with cases of fraudulent messages in recent times and we have decided to carry out a verification exercise on all of our customers account to prevent them from being victimized.
Due to the recent security upgrade, you are requested to follow the link below. (deleted)

We appreciate your understanding, as we work towards making Hsbc
Bank a safe and reliable place to do business.
Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Trust and Safety Department
Hsbc Bank
Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification. Mail sent to
this address cannot be answered.
For assistance, upgrade your HSBC Online Bank account information

lorelei

Me too - all looked dodgy. Nationwide page didn't look right and the Lloyds had a spelling mistake.
Don't give any information.
Sent the Lloyds one to their 'Scam' office, but received no response.

Butlers1982

they are all rubbish banks dont contact you via email

Dont contact the bank though through email as they block your account for security- then it has to be unlocked-this happened to me and it took a week to reset it

only one thing to remember when you get these emails:

DELETE STRAIGHT AWAY

lindsaygalaxy

ive had a similar one from both halifax and HSBC! One of which i do have an account with the other i dont!

SPARKY16

I got one of these from Nationwide and one from Abbey
just deleted them both

Jennifer_Jane

I had an e-mail last week from Yorkshire Bank, I have SAYE for share options with Yorkshire. Sent it to my home e-mail, without clicking in to any links, and today my spyware said it was blocking a Trojan. I deleted the e-mail right away, but has worried me a bit. They had my correct postal code.

Jen

kr15snw

Just had the nationwide one and dont have a nationwide account!

Hmmmm........ very interesting. Lol

Kimitatsu

I bank with the nationwide and when I log onto their site there is a large exclamation mark saying they are currently being phished.

I have never had an email from the nationwide so I would know it was not genuine!