Phishing

[Kerry Hibee]

Anyone else got genuine-looking e-mails saying that they are from banks, and that you must login to your online banking or else your account would be frozen or whatever? I got one a few weeks ago, and i cant remember if i logged in to it or not, but it was a phishing scam, where the sender is trying to get hold of your login details so that he can steal money from you.

Just a warning, that these e-mails look very real, they have a link to a page that looks almost identical to the login page of your online banking, but remember banks never send out e-mails that look for private details.

[madkink]

Originally Posted by Kerry Hibee

Anyone else got genuine-looking e-mails saying that they are from banks, and that you must login to your online banking or else your account would be frozen or whatever? I got one a few weeks ago, and i cant remember if i logged in to it or not, but it was a phishing scam, where the sender is trying to get hold of your login details so that he can steal money from you.

Just a warning, that these e-mails look very real, they have a link to a page that looks almost identical to the login page of your online banking, but remember banks never send out e-mails that look for private details.

my mother in law was stung for around 25k last year by a similer e-mail,

Luckily she recovered all the funds

[Forzahibs]

Originally Posted by Kerry Hibee

Anyone else got genuine-looking e-mails saying that they are from banks, and that you must login to your online banking or else your account would be frozen or whatever? I got one a few weeks ago, and i cant remember if i logged in to it or not, but it was a phishing scam, where the sender is trying to get hold of your login details so that he can steal money from you.

Just a warning, that these e-mails look very real, they have a link to a page that looks almost identical to the login page of your online banking, but remember banks never send out e-mails that look for private details.

A quick swatch at the address in the url bar will always give the game away

[hibbychubbs]

had them from barclays, bank of scotland,rbos & halifax. they will eventually get round to 1 i bank with. morons

[Kerry Hibee]

A quick swatch at the address in the url bar will always give the game away

No, the senders have ways of hiding the actual address and replacing it one that looks genuine, such as RBS | The Royal Bank of Scotland | Personal, Private, Business & Corporate Banking, etc. Thats where a lot of people get stung.

[Kerry Hibee]

A quick swatch at the address in the url bar will always give the game away

No, the senders have ways of hiding the actual address and replacing it one that looks genuine, such as www.rbs.co.uk, etc. Thats where a lot of people get stung.

[Forzahibs]

Originally Posted by Kerry Hibee

No, the senders have ways of hiding the actual address and replacing it one that looks genuine, such as RBS | The Royal Bank of Scotland | Personal, Private, Business & Corporate Banking, etc. Thats where a lot of people get stung.

So are you saying RBS | The Royal Bank of Scotland | Personal, Private, Business & Corporate Banking is a fraudsters site Halifax Online Banking - UK Banks, Finance, Personal, Telephone & Internet Banking?
Any i've ever had are obviously bogus address wise , i mean the url of the page when you click the link ie Halifax Online Banking - UK Banks, Finance, Personal, Telephone & Internet Banking

[Kerry Hibee]

Originally Posted by Forzahibs

So are you saying RBS | The Royal Bank of Scotland | Personal, Private, Business & Corporate Banking is a fraudsters site?[/url]

No, what i am saying is that using software like Javascript, these phoney websites can have an address that looks genuine, even though they have nothing to do with the bank. When someone wants to log into their account, they should enter the web address of their bank (www.rbs.co.uk etc.) into the address bar instead of following links.

[Forzahibs]

Originally Posted by Kerry Hibee

No, what i am saying is that using software like Javascript, these phoney websites can have an address that looks genuine, even though they have nothing to do with the bank. When someone wants to log into their account, they should enter the web address of their bank (RBS | The Royal Bank of Scotland | Personal, Private, Business & Corporate Banking etc.) into the address bar instead of following links.

Aye that's what i mean about the address (top of firefox / explorer etc) not the link name . i get these bloody things almost daily

[Colr]

Originally Posted by Kerry Hibee

Anyone else got genuine-looking e-mails saying that they are from banks, and that you must login to your online banking or else your account would be frozen or whatever? I got one a few weeks ago, and i cant remember if i logged in to it or not, but it was a phishing scam, where the sender is trying to get hold of your login details so that he can steal money from you.

Just a warning, that these e-mails look very real, they have a link to a page that looks almost identical to the login page of your online banking, but remember banks never send out e-mails that look for private details.

Get loads of these. Usually send them on to the bank. Some are more interested than others.