A new type of Phishing

Geoffo_M

Like most people, I receive several phishing emails each week. But I had one with a different theme today. It advised me that a Mr. James McCarthy had deposited £2,670 into my Abbey account, and if I wanted to check it, I should click on the following link. I think this may fool more people as no-one nowadays is fooled by the usual "security update - please enter all your personal details here" - but many might wonder who and why James McCarthy is paying money into their account.

By the way, I don't have an account with Abbey

RayWolfe

Ah, That's where it went. I'm James McCarthy, will you return the money please?

Thanks for the warning.

dealsearcher

Why would people click on the link? Why not just check your account in the normal way?

Of course all such phishing should be reported to the bank - although Abbey don't make it easy to that. Invariably you have to phone them up as emails get answered with 'emails are not secure, please telephone'. As if telling them your mothers maiden name over the phone would make it secure! Unlike Nationwide who provide a secure messaging service after you have signed on for internet banking.

Pluto_Bear

For some reason I don't fully understand I get plenty of this sort of rubbish, and it almost invariably refers to a bank I don't even use, and never have, and no, I'm not going to say which I do use!

A long time ago I made a list of banks and security email addresses because I ALWAYS forward such scam emails (untouched) to the appropriate department at whichever bank (then delete them). However, some banks don't seem to publish an email address for this purpose, or they don't make it easy to find, and I haven't got the time to waste searching - especially if I don't bank with them.

To save time, and also hopefully do a little bit towards getting these crooks tracked down you can forward scam emails to:-

[EMAIL="reports@banksafeonline.org.uk"]reports@banksafeonline.org.uk[/EMAIL] and [EMAIL="spoof@millersmiles.co.uk"]spoof@millersmiles.co.uk[/EMAIL]

Hope this is useful.