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I've had four in the last two weeks, one from Egg I'm not with. One from Nationwide not with them and two from Nat west. I phoned natwest and they said to forward them to [email protected]. They told me they would never ask for your details on line.

I've also had 3 emails from Nigeria talking about some money and if I give details I can have access to this money or something or other. I've deleted them too. These emails all seem to be coming at once. I'm glad its not just me.

I think they must think I was born yesterday.

well, this one came today..rotflmao...oh yeah Ill fall for this one ! Rule one...send it to someone who speaks German and banks with a German bank..ideally a German in Germany pmsl
Ive removed some of the url below & replaced with ?? for members protection.

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Ahh then that could explain why I get more from the Halifax than any other bank, if they actually do send emails...its the most likely to be replied to by unsuspecting customers.

I'm with Nationwide, get a few of those too, but they state time and again they do not contact customers via email.

Waiting for Barclays, haven't had one of those in a while LOL

nudge

I bank with the Halifax, and occasionally do recieve emails from them which are genuine,

Heres some information from the Halifax website.

Some of the info may apply to various other banks as well

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At Halifax, we know fraudsters are constantly trying new tricks to get customers to divulge their details. This section has been created to pass on our knoweldge of these tricks to you, so that, together, we stop the fraudsters.

What is an email scam?

One of the fraudsters' favourite methods is the email scam. They send an email to thousands or millions of email addresses - one of which could be yours - and try to con the recipient into parting with their precious personal information.

What is phishing?

Email scams are sometimes known as phishing, because they are essentially fishing for information. So make sure you're not the one that gets caught. Learn more with our phishing demo.

How can I spot a scam or phishing email?

At first glance, phishing emails look like the genuine article. They may have an official looking logo and information taken from legitimate websites. But look a little closer - and there are things you can look out for:

First and foremost, Halifax would never send you an email asking you to verify your secure online banking details. Any email asking you to 'verify your account', 'confirm your sign in details', or using a similar form of words, is certainly a scam.
Secondly, beware of links in emails. Web addresses in phishing emails can be disguised so that they appear to be taking you to a trusted address when, in fact, they take you somewhere different. This is usually a spoof site that has been set up by the fraudsters to try and get you to hand over your details.
Genuine emails from the Halifax do contain links, but never to the online banking sign-in page. If you are in any doubt about whether an email is genuine, don't click the link.

ok thank you

love n hugs

lynn x

thanks for the warning

is this any emails from banks?

love n hugs

lynn x

One thing to look out for with those is that, if you read them over carefully, they are usually peppered with spelling errors.

I've had ones from Barclays, Bank of America (?) and many others, including my old bank. (I was pretty sure it was a hoax but forwarded it to them anyway and - sure enough - it was.)

Thanks for the warning.

Marion

Worth a nudge. I've had three today! There must be a new scamming campaign going on.

Please everyone note.....

Your bank will NEVER contact you by email, it will always be a letter.

So if any well known bank seems to be sending an email to you DELETE IT! It's just a scam.

Its a shame but people do fall for these scammers,,,,,,,,,even when they dont bank with them,!!!

It has been widly published that NO bank sends out mail especially to update accounts,,

If you dont bank with any you recive-dump them and dont even open unless you have good security,,to stop tracking when you use a card on shopping or auction sites,,,,

I have had a scam email from just about every British bank I can think of. I havn,t lived there in over 30 years! lol

Thanks Mildred for that.

Let's hope nobody falls prey to this scam.

I had one from HSBC, so I forwarded it to them. They said that they would look into the scam. But I didn't hear any more.

Thanks for putting that up.
I to recieved those emails and at the time i thought it a bit iffy as i dont hold accounts with any of those banks.
So i have deleted them.

thanks.

Thank you for that Mildred.... but I ma very wary about things like that anyway.

I would even phone my own bank if i got one. Icertainly would NEVER answer it and give info!!

Deanna X

The 3rd one since Sunday has arrived today, ive already had one from the Halifax, and one from Lloyds TSB.
I'm not even with todays bank (Nationwide)

if the email is addressed to a valued customer or similer its not a personal email to you and is likely a scam email sent randomly to your email account.

Remember never to use an email link from a bank to change or upgrade details.. Always go to your bank website and log in as normal on there. If in doubt phone your bank.

here are a few examples of the mails ive recently received, note the layout of the wording is badly done (ive copy pasted as it was shown on my email)
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Dear Valued Customer,

During our regular update and verification of the Nationwide Internet
Banking Service, we could not verify your current information. Either
your information has been changed or incomplete, as a result your
access to use our services has been limited.
To restore your online
banking access, kindly update your information. You can update your
online banking details by following the link below.

Click here to update your account
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Dear Valued Customer,

During our regular update and verification of the HALIFAX Internet
Banking Service, we could not verify your current information. Either
your information has been changed or incomplete, as a result your
access to use our services has been limited.
To restore your online
banking access, kindly update your information. You can update your
online banking details by following the link below.

Click here to update your account
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Dear Valued Customer,

During our regular update and verification of the Lloyds TSB Internet
Banking Service, we could not verify your current information. Either
your information has been changed or incomplete, as a result your
access to use our services has been limited.
To restore your online
banking access, kindly update your information. You can update your
online banking details by following the link below.

Click here to update your account