Barcalys online

Ramrod · 11-08-2004, 22:38

I just got this e-mail:

Quote:

Dear Valued Customer,

- Our new security system will help you to avoid
frequently fraud transactions and to keep your
investments in safety.

- Due to technical update we recommend you to
reactivate your account.

Click on the link below to login and begin using
your updated Barcalys account.

To log into your account, please visit the online banking
http://barcalys.co.uk

If you have questions about your online statement,
please send us a Bank Mail or call us at 1-800-374-9700

We appreciate your business. It's truly our
pleasure to serve you.

Barcalys Customer Care

This email is for notification only. To contact us,
please log into your account and send a Bank Mail.

edit--and the link doesn't even work

iron25 · 11-08-2004, 23:38

I'd like to know how many users get fooled by these emails.

Frank · 11-08-2004, 23:56

Interesting Barclays can now be reached on a North America phone number while still being a British bank...

iron25 · 12-08-2004, 00:10

It might have fooled more people if they could at least spell Barclays correctly too.

Frank · 12-08-2004, 00:15

Well true, but they had to spell it like that because of the domain name. They couldn't sent to barclays.co.uk, could they?

greencreeper · 12-08-2004, 02:30

http://blogs.nthellworld.co.uk/dwarf...es/000735.html

It was a good fake. Interestingly, Abbey don't seem to protect any of their images or Javascript from being used by other sites.

Jason1 · 12-08-2004, 10:20

had them for both Barclays & Abbey notice the phone numbers the same so the same person/s are trying to scam a few uk bank customers

poolking · 12-08-2004, 10:24

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Originally Posted by Frank

Interesting Barclays can now be reached on a North America phone number while still being a British bank...

Just shows how stupid the scammers are.

Jason1 · 12-08-2004, 10:25

I had them from fraudsters pretending to be both barclays & abbey notice the phone numbers are same so the same person/s are trying to scam a few uk banks

(had to change to word doc to upload)

Tricky · 12-08-2004, 10:30

One of the more basic attempts, I saw one attempt from the Halifax that could have almost anyone fooled. I used their live site as a feed and loaded this in the background whilst having a window on top asking for all the security details which obviously when posted would be sent anywhere but the halifax. It was easy to see how people could get fooled especially as this window would not close down without information being entered

12-08-2004, 11:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by poolking

Just shows how stupid the scammers are.

Theyre not stupid, they are just taking the least effort approach. It may fool less people but with zero effort it doesnt really matter to them.

Ramrod · 17-08-2004, 23:05

They are trying on againm HSBC this time

Quote:

Dear Valued Customer,

- Our new security system will help you to avoid
frequently fraud transactions and to keep your
investments in safety.

- Due to technical update we recommend you to
reactivate your account.

Click on the link below to login and begin using
your updated HSBC account.

To log into your account, please visit the online banking
http://hsbc.co.uk/

If you have questions about your online statement,
please send us a Bank Mail or call us at 1-800-374-9700

We appreciate your business. It's truly our
pleasure to serve you.

HSBC Customer Care

This email is for notification only. To contact us,
please log into your account and send a Bank Mail.

Strangely the link seems to lead to the real hsbc site

Frank · 18-08-2004, 05:07

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

Strangely the link seems to lead to the real hsbc site

ROFL, would you like to take that back gary?

greencreeper · 18-08-2004, 05:14

Maybe Ramrod could post the HTML code behind the email? Cut and paste the email as you see it and you won't capture the dodgy URL behind the seemingly real URL. Like this: http://www.hsbc.co.uk Always assuming there is a dodgy URL - usually there is otherwise the email is pointless

Ramrod · 18-08-2004, 08:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank

ROFL, would you like to take that back gary?

Well....no..........read the e-mail again, the wording is very poor and exactly the same as the original e-mail I posted for Barcalays bank.

Quote:

Originally Posted by greencreeper

Maybe Ramrod could post the HTML code behind the email?

How do I do that?