phishing problem

[nanny jan]

I opened them just to check, there is usually a 'link' to click which I obviously ignored.

[kiwihalfpint]

I opened them just to check, there is usually a 'link' to click which I obviously ignored.

Doddsie4, opening the email is fine, just as Nanny Jan has said, as long as you don't click on any links, then you can pass it on as a scam, phishing etc.  I don't get as many now as I did a month ago with passing them on.

[doddsie4]

          Right thanks.      RBS do advice not to open the email if it is suspicious, but I can see that it is clicking any link WITHIN the email that would probably be the main blunder.   

          Good to get differing point of view about this.      Much appreciated, everyone.     Great help!

           

                               

                     

[hallmark]

          Right thanks.      RBS do advice not to open the email if it is suspicious, but I can see that it is clicking any link WITHIN the email that would probably be the main blunder.   

          Good to get differing point of view about this.      Much appreciated, everyone.     Great help!

           

                               

                     

Of course, and if you view the source you can see where it came from,,,,

[doddsie4]

Hallmark,
               You were dead right in your original reply.       I can see that now.       Thanks again!

                                               

[Archivos]

       On the incoming emails, the email in question says:

       Royal Bank of Sco...
       John, your Travel need-to...

       That is exactly what the preview to opening the email says.       There is a dash between need and to, so bad English equals a scam, to me anyway.       I don't want to open it and forward it.
I think I should just bin it.

This is a genuine marketing email from RBS. Once opened, the email should begin by including the last part of your postcode, which is what all RBS emails have.  The full title of the email is "[Name, your travel need-to-knows", and has tips about how to get the most out of your holiday money - by using RBS products, obviously!

[KGarrad]

RBS aren't the brightest when it comes to emails and potential scams?

Someone at my branch apparently sent me an email; the return email address was a NatWest account; and they wanted to know where my money came from?

I ignored the first one. So they sent a 2nd.

I told them in no uncertain terms that I thought it was a scam, bearing all the hallmarks of scam emails:
1. Different email addresses for "Sent by" and "Return to".
2. Asking for Personal Information.
3. Communication via email instead of snail-mail.

Not heard from them since?!

[Kimbrey]

Dodsie4

I have had an e-mail just like yours from NatWest (my bank) which is part of RBS giving various hints on how to spend my money on holiday !!

Kim

[doddsie4]

          RBS try to help people prevent scammers getting into their bank accounts by stating that they will never contact you by email.     After listening to what folk on this thread said, I did eventually open it and then sent it on to the BT phishing address, and since then, after working on my computer remotely for a couple of days, they have sorted my emails.     

         The email I had received on the Tuesday, two days before the RBS one, was from BT and when I opened that one, that's when my emails were affected.      This made me worry that the RBS email might also be phishing - and now it seems like the RBS one wasn't.

         I think these crooks are becoming so good at what they are doing that maybe one day digital banking might become too risky.        One of my sisters won't use digital banking.