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strapping young lad:
yes ive informed the bank

however

if you go to their website and follow the links to the online banking its very much the same website layout/text

if im wrong and its kosher then fair enough but i trust no one!

muddyweb:

--- Quote from: "strapping young lad" ---if im wrong and its kosher then fair enough but i trust no one!
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You aren't.... it isn't

I know because our email filters block literally thousands of these a day from all sorts of places.

It is a standard technique to gather personal data, steal bits of your identity and spread viruses and trojans... . (malicious websites can infect you)

Mace:
Have you heard about the Spoof Friends Reunited one too?

It asks you to complete / confirm your login details otherwise you'll be suspended. Apparantly the scammers are collecting login details as there's a fair few people out there who use the same login and password details on all their accounts. They then simply sit there and try the logins on various other web sites till they get a result, it's better than guesssing !!! The bank type emails shout FRAUD. Friends Reunited ? How many would fall for that one ?

No respectible internet site would ever ask you by email to confirm your login details, EVER.

thermidorthelobster:
My bank (nameless, they're good in other respects) used to have a stupid policy of ringing me to sell me something, and asking me to give them 2 digits of my 4-digit PIN to confirm my identity.

Yeah, so how do I know who they are?  Once you get your customers used to giving out their PIN when somebody rings them up, it makes the scammers' jobs laughably simple.

I got so annoyed at this ridiculous, blatant lack of security that I made a big fuss, and they stopped doing it.

But still, I'd like to find out who was responsible for this, take them outside and give them a very hard slap round the head.

landyman Ash:
Best bet is to log in ONLY directly through the site.  Dont be clicking any links.

Nugget4x4 got down on ebay that way.  One day he logs in and someone is selling 5 £1000 plus SONY vario laptops on HIS account!!!!

Cant be too carful!

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