AgentLesbos Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 I have just received this email from online@nationwide.co.uk Dear Nationwide Member, We have reason to suspect that your Nationwide account may be in use by an unauthorized party. Your account has recently been accessed from a foreign country, while we understand that you may be on vacation or traveling abroad, Nationwide Security has a obligation to protect our user's security. Within 24 hours of this message, your account will be placed on hold to ensure your personal account safety. Verification of your specific account details will enable you to once again have full access to your Nationwide account. To ensure that your service is not interrupted, please submit your billing information today: http://nationwide.co.uk/users/renewobligation?start=ok Or contact Nationwide Member Services Team. We're available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Regards, Nationwide Team. The link forwards to http://www.gazelleclub.ru/suspended.page/default2.asp.htm which asks for your account details. I knew this was a scam as I don't even have an account with Nationwide. I have just checked the Nationwide website and there is a warning about the scam on their front page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr chris Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 I get about 15 emails a day from banks asking me to update my details. No bank would ask you to do this by email as it isn't secure... And yet people still fall for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 we had a phonecall last week claiming to be from the credit card company - they got short shrift, and a phonecall to the general enquiries line revealed that they HAD NOT been in touch with us - for security, for sales, or for any other reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentLesbos Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 Just received another - this time claiming to be from Barclays. The link is registered in denmark - but the page wont actually load. Exactly same wording as previous post apart from changed from Nationwide to Barclays and this time registered in Denmark rather than Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meaks Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 These have been around for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Yep, if anyone clicks on links from emails from anywhere they're a bit daft nowadays. Always go to the site by typing it into the location bar in the browser unless you're absolutely 20000% sure the email is genuine. Easiest way to check is display the message in text mode and it'll show you the URLs that it's actually going to. HTML email was the downfall of email really....makes it so easy to scam people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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