Warning re internet banking

kizzykizzywizzy

Got this today - deleted straight away, not even my bank!!!
Sooooo Dodgy

kyral

got one today telling me my Abbey Card balance was overdue, inviting me to click on the link and set up a new payment!

Thomas_Crown

I received a phishing email from Nat West this morning so I forwarded it to :- [EMAIL="phishing@natwest.com"]phishing@natwest.com[/EMAIL]

dipsy

been happening for an age, sorry you were a victim.. but why do folk still fall for it? seems obvious to me.. get lots halifax - yes have an account, natwet again yes, nationwide - again yes but not online, barclays... err no...


I just delete anything that asks me to verify anything.. egg had an issue years ago.. i just told them verbally and then put in an email with the name of person I spoke to and followed up to make sure they had my email and again recorded name date etc, call me paranoid...but they wont be on your side on a claim issue

Taffyscot

dunstonh wrote: »

You can often spot the phishing emails because

1) the site they link to in the email address is not actually a site that belongs to your bank (hover your mouse above the link on screen and the real link it would take you to appears and it wont be like the banks).
2) banks will not send out security requests via email
3) spelling and grammar is usually very poor. (look at the post above as a copy and paste and you will see many words use capital letters to begin with).
4) The logo in the email is usually linked to the homepage banner or a website and the banks wont do that.

Hi Dun, It is late and the old brain is not working too well but what do you mean by 4) The logo in the email is usually linked to the homepage banner or a website and the banks wont do that.

I do not understand what that means. Would appreciate if you could explain to me. Taffy

ramagel

dunstonh wrote: »

You can often spot the phishing emails because

3) spelling and grammar is usually very poor. (look at the post above as a copy and paste and you will see many words use capital letters to begin with).

Good accurate advice, but not much use to anyone under ... oooh .... 45?

Schools stopped teaching that sort of stuff in the mid 70s!

rosysparkle

I have had five or six 'halifax' and 'nationwide' emails in the last few days telling me I've made several attempts to get into my account. I don't have a halifax or a nationwide account, these mails are circulating and you got one, it's a coincidence.

Taffyscot, phishing emails often have pictures or logos as remotely hosted images. Hover your mouse or right click over a banner or logo in a phishing email and see the properties, a real bank email won't be hosting the image in that way.

free4440273

ramagel wrote: »

Good accurate advice, but not much use to anyone under ... oooh .... 45?

Schools stopped teaching that sort of stuff in the mid 70s!

:rotfl::rotfl:

More seriously, there is a suggestion that using FireFox (and not IE) can prevent BHOs from being maliciously installed. I am NOT suggesting that switching over to FireFox will guarantee one hundred per cent security when banking online, but it might be worth thinking about. FWIW, I am indeed now using FF. Also, those still using WEP should switch over to using WPA TKIP for their wireless security.

Horace

I get them all the time claiming to be from the Halifax and Nationwide - I just block the sender and delete them all. I had one the other day claiming to be from Lloyds TSB with a very nice trojan attached to it - I only know this because Kaspersky exterminated it.