Santander sending me text messages that I cannot identify as Genuine

PeacefulWaters

a cost of £550

Unlikely when they effectively buy in bulk.

8i6daddy

YAY, I've cost Santander £550!! woohoo...

seriously... get a grip... the more people like you that have the must stupid farcical reactions to the slightest thing literally spoil it for the rest of us...

Im thankful that im not a Santander customer, or a John Lewis customer... Im just concerned over what you have planned for Tesco Bank incase it has a detrimental effect on my account when you try and take them to the cleaners because you seem to think they've sold your email address to a 3rd party marketing company... (how you found that out i'll never know!)

Why don't you move to the USA so you can sue everyone you look at?

ValiantSon

I've just had a text message from Santander telling me to never give someone remote access to my computer after a cold call. Perhaps I should complain to the CEO about this outrageous misuse of my telephone number, as I have never explicitly given them permission to send me a text message about scams. :think:

8i6daddy

ValiantSon wrote: »

I've just had a text message from Santander telling me to never give someone remote access to my computer after a cold call. Perhaps I should complain to the CEO about this outrageous misuse of my telephone number, as I have never explicitly given them permission to send me a text message about scams. :think:

:beer::beer:

jonesMUFCforever

All banks are jumping through hoops getting ready for new GDPR rules starting in May.
I was logging in to my bank's internet banking only yesterday and they were trying to get me to accept email and mobile as a preferred method of contacting me - do you think the OP has had something similar and just clicked ''accept'' without reading what he clicked - so he may have given authorisation for the text all along?

18cc

!!! wrote: »

Is this still going on?

Someone close this please.....

THIS THREAD IS NOW (long overdue) CLOSED. Nobody post anything from now on please.

2e0arr

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

All banks are jumping through hoops getting ready for new GDPR rules starting in May.
I was logging in to my bank's internet banking only yesterday and they were trying to get me to accept email and mobile as a preferred method of contacting me - do you think the OP has had something similar and just clicked ''accept'' without reading what he clicked - so he may have given authorisation for the text all along?

How can you tell if the email or text from the Bank is genuine ? please? Does your bank have an online statement that basically says you are responsible to check the authenticity of an email or text please ?

8i6daddy

2e0arr wrote: »

How can you tell if the email or text from the Bank is genuine ? please? Does your bank have an online statement that basically says you are responsible to check the authenticity of an email or text please ?

Why do you make life so difficult for yourself?

Why don't you just work off a simple rule of always instigating contact first and ignoring other communication if you doubt the authenticity of everything?

jonesMUFCforever

2e0arr wrote: »

How can you tell if the email or text from the Bank is genuine ? please? Does your bank have an online statement that basically says you are responsible to check the authenticity of an email or text please ?

I think what is lacking is common sense and I'm afraid your total over reaction to this.

2e0arr

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

I think what is lacking is common sense and I'm afraid your total over reaction to this.

don't be afraid and don't over respond