Bank Fraud Warning

[morticia1977]

Hello everyone,
I thought I would make you all aware that recently I have received a number of fraudulent e-mails stating
that my bank account is at risk and that I should follow a link in the e-mail to log on to my online banking
to confirm and authorise my details.
These e-mails are not from my bank, they are sent by individuals and groups trying to hack my account.
None of the leading banks ever e-mail you and ask for your details like this.
You should NEVER use a log on page from your bank that comes to you via an e-mail - always type
in the full web address of the bank in a NEW window.
If you receive any of these e-mails, the scum suckers that send them can be traced - google search for the
correct web page of the bank concerned - even if you're not a customer of theirs - and forward the
e-mail to the bank so that they can investigate.
In the past year alone, my husband has been the victim of internet / bank fraud at least twice.
Please copy and paste this and forward in an e-mail to all of your contacts so that we can make every effort to stop these people.
These e-mails they send are good - they look like the real thing.
If in doubt, give your bank a call but don't use any of the details in the e-mail to contact them!
Look after your money people, you worked hard for it - don't let the thieves dip into it!!!
Regards,
Sarah )

[kengillam]

Number one rule never click on any link in an email, even from friends, you never know where it is taking you!

[TimeForYou]

Hello everyone,
I thought I would make you all aware that recently I have received a number of fraudulent e-mails stating
that my bank account is at risk and that I should follow a link in the e-mail to log on to my online banking
to confirm and authorise my details.
These e-mails are not from my bank, they are sent by individuals and groups trying to hack my account.
None of the leading banks ever e-mail you and ask for your details like this.
You should NEVER use a log on page from your bank that comes to you via an e-mail - always type
in the full web address of the bank in a NEW window.
If you receive any of these e-mails, the scum suckers that send them can be traced - google search for the
correct web page of the bank concerned - even if you're not a customer of theirs - and forward the
e-mail to the bank so that they can investigate.
In the past year alone, my husband has been the victim of internet / bank fraud at least twice.
Please copy and paste this and forward in an e-mail to all of your contacts so that we can make every effort to stop these people.
These e-mails they send are good - they look like the real thing.
If in doubt, give your bank a call but don't use any of the details in the e-mail to contact them!
Look after your money people, you worked hard for it - don't let the thieves dip into it!!!
Regards,
Sarah )

Hi Sarah,
Yeah I got some as well said it was Nat West

[PATRIOT73]

thaxs for pre warnin morti...........cant say ive had a ny tho.......wiv abbey

[damian_steele]

I'm always getting these sort of things - usually from banks where I don't even have an account!

I just bin them. I used to take the time to forward them to the bank's fraud dept. but can't be bothered any more. If the banks actually got their act together and all used the same format for their fraud email addresses - such as fraud @XYZbank.co.uk - then it would make life easier, but having to go and search through dozens of HELP pages until I find out where to send stuff is just too much effort when I am doing them a favour.

[razamakaz]

Me too - get these on a daily basis. Most of them are banks I don't bank with but my bank has come up a few times. I know to ignore them and if there was a message I would check via logging in through the correct route that I go through on the bank's proper website!

But it is so easy for some people - especially if new to the PC - to just go ahead and do it.

We should all click on the links and give incorrect information - that will keep the fraudsters busy for a while!

[Cocksparrer]

I had a call from someone today on my mobile whilst out canvassing, they claimed to be from Accident helpline. They wanted to know if id had an accident lately. Of course I had but wasnt going to divulge that until I was sure. He said he could claim back any losses I may have incurred, I thought well my insurer will do that anyway. I said to him "Who asked you to phone me" He replied "Your husband" I responded "Im not married" & hung up. They think I was born yesterday so you lot also be wary. Dont hand out any info via phone door canvassers even emails.

[morticia1977]

I've been so tempted to hit reply on the e-mails.
Hubby banks with Abbey and he has has his online account hacked - not sure how cos you have to enter so much to log on!
Also his business account with HSBC recently got hit.
I've had e-mails in recent weeks from Lloyds, Halifax and the RBS group - Royal Bank of Scotland, Natwest, etc.
I appreciate that most people here know how to avoid these scams but for the less well seasoned internet users, thought I should drop a warning as the e-mails do look very good - almost too good ;o)
I forward them on in the hope that even if just one scum bag is caught then there may be a kink in the chain somewhere or that that one scum sucker will be a grass too. Most banks homepages have a link / e-mail address to report suspicious or fraudulent e-mails too.
Hope all are well here - it's been a while.
S xx

[Cocksparrer]

What you should do is print them out make sure you get the full header depending on who your email supplier is and take to trading standards & copies to the police.

[shezz]

What you should do is print them out make sure you get the full header depending on who your email supplier is and take to trading standards & copies to the police.

There are sites that you can forward the phishing email to, after all, at the time you recieve the phishing email, you can bet your bottom dollar it went out to a few thousand others, when you print up the email, you have lost all links to the phishing site.

Cocka Their is not a lot the police will do, not the local police, they would more then likely just file it, once printed you have actually lost all links to the site that sent the email out, that is why it is best to forward it they can then look into the links attached to the email, if however an email is threatening or has got your personnel details on it, now that is a different question then i would contact the local police


Two of my boys had there cards cloned, money was taken out of there accounts from abroad, when it happened to my first son, i thought ok his done something online, but when it happened to my second son within a few weeks, I had to rethink purely because son No 2 had never used his card online.

To cut a long story short i phoned the local police, as the money was withdrawn from outside the uk, it was classed as international fraud and the local police would have nowt to do with it, the only way the international police would get involved and that was if the bank were to submit a fraud case