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Is Santander testing customers security awareness ?
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They do have a financial health check tool they link to here. If the email is genuine it seems very odd to use suspicious looking URLs (yoursantander.co.uk instead of santander.co.uk):
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The Santander Twitter team have confirmed that it is a genuine Santander email address.
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I received this on 27/2 from the same email address it looks, feels and reads like a genuine santander email and also had surname and last 3 characters of postcode, it's real2
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Well, the OP was suspicious and was wise to be safe rather than sorry. Many people are being fooled by phishing emails and texts and the best thing to do is report them.
Now we are also being subjected to spoofing telephone calls. I received one the other day from a caller using my local council's number to hide behind! I didn't answer it but when I checked my phone's 'calls received' I recognised the last number. My council never calls me, btw, it's always me calling them, which is why I recognised the number.
If Santander's communications are genuine or important, they will find a way to contact the OP.
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mr_accountant said:I received this on 27/2 from the same email address it looks, feels and reads like a genuine santander email and also had surname and last 3 characters of postcode, it's real
Me too - had my name and last bit of postcode next to my name.
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