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Bank E-mail Scam
swingaleg
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Beware........there's a scam e-mail doing the rounds purporting to be from Lloyds TSB
I got one overnight and was immediately wary because I don't have a Lloyds account !
On closer inspections the word Lloyds in the text was spelt 'L1oyds', ie with a 'one' instead of the second L
the e-mail includes a link and invites you click on it and input your account details and password..........:o
I got one overnight and was immediately wary because I don't have a Lloyds account !
On closer inspections the word Lloyds in the text was spelt 'L1oyds', ie with a 'one' instead of the second L
the e-mail includes a link and invites you click on it and input your account details and password..........:o
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ETA - an extra giveaway is that they are no longer Lloyds TSB, they are just Lloyds now!
I used to do this, but I gave up, they still come once or twice per week, it's fairly obvious that the banks phishing/fraud departments can't do much about stopping them.
I just delete them now, as soon as I see them.
Remember if you didn't expect the email, be very wary and don't click links or reply (unless you know it is safe).
This is basic internet-common-sense and everyone should be made aware of phishing.
Wow. You must have `Lots of Money` Just think of yourself being lucky, unlike all those poor sods with nowt.::D
Would ANYONE enter these details based on the instructions from an email?
Nothing new, been going on for over ten years and is well known about.
Unfortunately some people do still fall for it, despite it having been all over the press and having been shown on shows such as Watchdog many times. There are many variants too, including for Paypal and even Facebook and Ebay.
I don't know if you meant 'well no, they can't' or 'we know they can't', but I digress, I had assumed that the fraud departments worked with the police, to try and trace where the fraudulent emails emanated from.
Apparently they don't, or can't do that, as you stated.
Maybe if they try to alert their customers, those customers think that it's just another phishing email expedition!
Yes they WOULD, and they do, John Q. Public can sometimes be as dumb as all get-out.
There will always be one!:o
Yeah........I wasn't born yesterday, it takes a lot to fool me !
Some people must do.........same as some people must fall for all those telephone scam calls
If no one fell for it they'd stop doing it........
Lately, I've had some from the FBI claiming that I'm due a lot of money in someone's will. Just send $500 to cover Administration.................
The giveaway is always that your bank will head up the e-mail with your name - i.e. Dear Mr Smith. Scams don't do this as they don't actually know your correct name.
But the rule of thumb is always: If you're not expecting an e-mail, trash it without opening it and defo NEVER open an attachment within it.
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The elderly are often taken in with this sort of thing so your statement is a little unfair.
Also, what annoys me even more than these emails is some banks or other genuine companies calling you up for whatever reason but want you to verify your identity ???? Ffs you called me up so you know who I am.
Best one was a few years back some debt collector company affiliated with the inland revenue called me up and said they needed to tell me something. Can I please verify my name , address date of birth etc
I told them to eff off . If they have something they need to tell me they can write to me
This is understandable as anyone could have potentially picked up your phone, and pretended to be you.
This is an interesting point.
We've seen any number of stories of elderly people getting scammed by door to salesmen, cowboy builders etc. Clearly in most cases it due to minds being less sharp as we get older. So although most of us are now fully aware of phishing scams I wonder how'd we respond in when we're in our 70s or older - especially in the light rising levels of dementia? I suspect in 20/30 years we may see a sudden rise in successful scams when the "internet" generation reach their 70s
On a positive note there's a good chance we won't remember our passwords anyway;-)
Well yes but there are plenty of scammers calling up these days so it helps to stay alert and not give out personal details to some cold caller.
If they really want to tell ne something they can write.