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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Does anyone know how I can report bogus emails? I've got two over the last two weeks, one from the bank of Scotland and one from the cooperative bank. Both asking me to log into my Internet banking by clicking on a link. I don't bank with either of these.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Just call up the bank or e-mail them detailing the e-mail and the e-mail address it was sent from.
Don't forget to block the e-mail address so they can't send you anymore. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You need to open a new page and the proper banks website will have a section for reporting this you will need more than.likely to give them the details on the emails.
Hope that helps |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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These emails are known as phishing emails, designed to get you to click a link which then installs a phishing spyware virus on your pc which then captures every keystroke you make, including urls, userid's and passwords. Be very wary of them.
Most email clients are aware of these things and you can mark them as phishing scams and they'll automatically be filtered out when any more arrive. The problem is that the people who make these things are highly skilled at it (although you'd think they'd learn basic English first) and they get resent from a different email address which hasn't been used yet, and then your email client doesn't know what to do with it, so you mark it as phishing again etc etc..
Do it enough times and you'll see less and less of them arrive as your email client will report to hotmail, for example, about dodgy messages coming from the same source. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"These emails are known as phishing emails, designed to get you to click a link which then installs a phishing spyware virus on your pc which then captures every keystroke you make, including urls, userid's and passwords. Be very wary of them.
Most email clients are aware of these things and you can mark them as phishing scams and they'll automatically be filtered out when any more arrive. The problem is that the people who make these things are highly skilled at it (although you'd think they'd learn basic English first) and they get resent from a different email address which hasn't been used yet, and then your email client doesn't know what to do with it, so you mark it as phishing again etc etc..
Do it enough times and you'll see less and less of them arrive as your email client will report to hotmail, for example, about dodgy messages coming from the same source."
Thanks wishy, just went on the Santander website to find out the email address to forward it to. I forwarded it and it came back to me, failure notice. Waste of time! I checked and double checked the email address too |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Resist the temptation to hit 'reply' and give the sender a piece of your mind.
It simply proves your address is live and monitored and makes it more valuable to crooks."
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Thanks wishy, just went on the Santander website to find out the email address to forward it to. I forwarded it and it came back to me, failure notice. Waste of time! I checked and double checked the email address too"
It's a waste of time sending it to the banks as they are already aware the problem exists. Their responsibility ends when they tell you not to click any link in any email supposedly from them as they would never issue such emails. The banks would also be highly suspicious of Mr Average's bank account suddenly recieving £3m from someone in Nigeria. It's not going to happen is it.
Bottom line, if it looks dodgy, it is dodgy, and you should protect your identity and your pc by simply deleting them and/or mark them as a phishing scam. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Also Report them to the ICO (Information Commissioners Office - www.ICO.gov.uk)
I get about four a day - not that they're stoppable, and then there are the PPI scammers, and false emails from HMRC claiming I've a Tax Rebate ....  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Awww no i think ive been scammed because i logged on to my internet banking though 1 of my emails to check if the nigerian prince had sent me my £2 million yet. Lol |
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