WARNING - I don't mean to tell you to suck eggs

[Andi R]

I assume most people on this site are clever enough to ignore these:

Please be carefull with e-mails from banks, for some reason I am being bombarded with them they all state they are from:

Llyods TSB, Barclays, Halifax and others and ask for details of accounts THEY ARE FRAUDULENT and having checked seem to come from the middle east, but probally are just routed that way

Stupid thing is not one says its from my bank not that I would fall for this

Andrew

[wotty]

I've also had these and a further one from "Barclays" saying that the first one was fraudulent and that I should contact them via a link on the second message. It still looked suspicious to me - the addresses seemed very similar (but I erase my messages fairly quickly and so didn't have the original message to double check).

Be careful!

Wotty.

[gjil]

I also have been getting them in my bulk mail, sometimes up to about 8 a day. I don't even bother opening them , just delete straight away.

gjil

[Andi R]

I delete them, and I would advise everyone to do so, I just thought I'd warn people, not that I think Rootschatters are so stupid as to fall for them,  but some people must fall for them.  I just as a matter of interest carried out a "WHOIS" search on one, hence I know where they are from


Andrew

[suttontrust]

Obviously don't open them, but if you do, never click on links to supposed banks (or Paypal) or ebay.  And forward them to scams[AT]fraudwatchinternational.com  which is a good site for keeping you informed about current scams.

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[angi0]

I also have been getting lots of these mails for banks Pay Pal and ebay I send them to the site mentioned above and also send the paypal ones to sppof[AT]paypal.com and the ebay ones to spoof[AT]ebay.com they are also working very hard to stop these scammers.

angie

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[Lloydy]

I have had several emails from Barclays (or someone claiming to be!!) and just deleted them immediately.

Thanks suttontrust for posting the email link for the scams - I shall use it from now on

Jan

[uk2003]

I also have been getting lots of these mails for banks Pay Pal and ebay I send them to the site mentioned above and also send the paypal ones to sppof[AT]paypal.com and the ebay ones to spoof[AT]ebay.com they are also working very hard to stop these scammers.

angie

Just had one a minute ago from a paypal fraudster. Paypals fraud email address is spoof[AT]paypal.com, sorry angie you misspelt it

Ken

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[JAP]

 

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