Scam

[tabatha]

Just a heads up....I do not even have an account with This bank


Dear Customers!

In connection with hard increase of fraud level for the first month of this
year Barclays Bank takes operative actions on struggle with fraud and to
increase the safety of our clients. Bank has entered new measures of
protection of your accounts which will as much as possible exclude an
opportunity of fulfilment of illegitimate transactions.

For activation of changes we ask you to proceed under the
link below and log on to your online account.

URL REMOVED

In case of failure to meet requirements of bank within 48 hours,
your account will be temporarily suspended in order to prevent unsafe transactions.
Sincerely yours.
Barclays Bank Security Department.



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I get similar from the Halifax - and I don't have any account with them, the messages go straight into the trash without being opened

Originally Posted by tabatha

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WARNING! DO NOT CLICK THE LINK! PHISHING SITE!

[Ramrod]

I have an account with them and I just got this e-mail today as well.

Originally Posted by Ramrod

I have an account with them and I just got this e-mail today as well.

Ditto - but then I get them quite regularly.

I've had a look at the phishing site, and it's all quite believable, until they get to the security questions, at which point someone ought to smell a rat, but I can see that many wouldn't.

My email client (Eudora) very kindly throws up a warning if the text/link don't match, which is a good safeguard.

[Mick The Gwailo]

You should ALWAYS reply to these Scam Mails !!!....


















I always enter a "load of crap" details then hit RETURN rapidly
multiple times ... Not sure if that sends the form multiple times
but it's good to envisage some Jerk sitting there typing all my
info into the REAL Banking Site

Ways you can tell this (and similar emails) are fakes:

Dear Customers!

Customers! - What's with the ! mark eh?

For activation of changes we ask you to proceed under the
link below and log on to your online account.

They would never ask you to login to your account in that way...

In case of failure to meet requirements of bank within 48 hours,
your account will be temporarily suspended in order to prevent unsafe transactions.

They would never do that without notification - phone call or letter...

Sincerely yours.

Sincerely yours? What!!??

Barclays Bank Security Department

Well I'm sure they have one, but it would just come from Barclays - not a specific department!!




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[sherer]

i get these from banks all over the world.. it's a shame people are still getting conned by these

in adage i use is unless i'm expecting a mail from something like this then it's probably not from them..

if in doubt don't follow the link and call the bank \ company itself

[AndrewJ]

I find even more hilarious when they send me them, and I ain't even got an account with them.

Cloudmark just removes them as spam...

[Pia]

I like the ones that offer me Powerseller status on eBay.... even though i haven't sold anything on there for months!

The last one even said "Please log in your details and do not change anything in your account until 25th December has gone or you will not be Powerseller"

[sherer]

well i get so many e-mails to enlarge certain parts of my body it's now 20 feet long

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by sherer

well i get so many e-mails to enlarge certain parts of my body it's now 20 feet long

Now that I'd pay to see!

[dilli-theclaw]

All hail the tripod

Originally Posted by Pia

I like the ones that offer me Powerseller status on eBay.... even though i haven't sold anything on there for months!

The last one even said "Please log in your details and do not change anything in your account until 25th December has gone or you will not be Powerseller"

Nice! That's a sure sign of a con!