KERNOWHUSKIES Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 This came through this morning so pls all read the below. SECURITY ALERT Please note this e-mail has been received by several branches, this is a scam, DO NOT open or download the attachment. If you take a close look the spelling of the text is wrong, not something a bank would send to their clients. No bank would contact you this way. Please make any staff member aware of this especially if they have access to the branch e-mail folder. Thanks Dear Customer, We detected irregular activity on your Alliance Leicester Internet banking account on 19/01/2011. For your protection, you must verify this activity before you can continue using your account. Please download the document attached to this email to review your account activity. We will review the activity on your account with you and upon verification, and we will remove any restrictions placed on your account. If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to temporaly suspend your account. We ask that you allow at least 72 hours for the case to be investigated and we strongly recommend to verefy (sic) your account in that time. Best Regards, Santander - Internet Banking © Copyright Alliance Leicester Holdings plc 2011 - All rights reserved Em xxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceybob Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I never open any emails supposably from my bank. If my bank really needs my attention, they know to phone me. Thanks for the alert! Stacey xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art1972@sky.com Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I got lucky once and got an email from a Nigerian oil tycoons widow, I sent the £800 cash to her so that she could finalise the admin - now I'm just waiting for the $129,466,298.00 to reach my bank account. When it does I'll buy you all a drink! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobC Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 These automatically get reported as phishing scams when I see them as I don't do internet banking. Funnily enough I get them supposedly from all banks except the one I actually bank with lol I got lucky once and got an email from a Nigerian oil tycoons widow, I sent the £800 cash to her so that she could finalise the admin - now I'm just waiting for the $129,466,298.00 to reach my bank account. When it does I'll buy you all a drink! lol I'm still waiting for mine from the Marine in Iraq. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Miss Bump Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 lmao yeah i never open anything from other banks :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I get these every day, the spammers don't know if you you use the financial institution they are using in the mail or not. They know that a proportion of the millions of people spammed WIll bank with them. AND. . . . a smaller percentage will be stoopid enough to actually answer and give the details. They then clean out the accounts. . . Cha ching. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamo Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 the people who do these are just idiots they never make them look convincing and the spelling is always awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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