Scams

[Deleted]

Hi,

For those of you that use ebay be careful just recieved another phising email.

Also recieved email from the chase bank asking to confirm details.

Watch out guys!!

Sara

[Deleted]

hi, can i just ask was it about paypal because i got an email from them the other day and they said somebody from france was trying to access to my account, checked account but nothing has been took out . but paypal were asking me to fill my card details in and one of the things they asked was for my atm pin number!!!. i abandoned filling it in because i dont know if its a scam.

also last year somebody started selling brand new ferraris on my account and that was a scam too

[MamIDdau]

NEVER click on a link via an email asking you to log in to your account to confirm details. If you do have an account with the people who are trying to contact you, log in to their website via their proper web address so you know you are definitely visitin their page and not one set up by scammers attempting to get your log on details. If you do click on the link and enter any personal details, log on to your account via the correct channels and change all your passwords and security questions.

Proper companies will NEVER ask you to confirm such details as personal as this and if you are unsure, hold on filling the form in until you have emailed their customer service department (via the proper website of course) and confirmed that the email is genuine.

[Deleted]

Miss greenfingers,
I too have had that one and had nearly completed all the details until it asked for the security code on the back of the card.

You can report these mails via the proper eBay site for paypal aswell as eBay fake mails.

Sara

[Deleted]

thank you both very much for your advice, its a good job i abandoned filling it in, thank you again

thinking back now the email from paypal? did say i had a number of days to respond or they would suspend my account so iam just going to leave it

[MamIDdau]

anything to do with Paypal, forward it to [e-mail] and ebay is [e-mail]

They will send you an email back confirming if it is a spoof email and advise you to log on to their site independently of the email and change any personal information if you've given it.

[Deleted]

If i receive an email i always type in the address of the company rather than using the link....it's surprising what folk can do to make it look like a bone fide site.

I get loads of emails claiming my account is suspended for different building societies or banks.....a bit difficult if you don't have one in the first place.

Another one is where you get what looks like a confirmation email for an order placed with ebay..delete it as just another scam trying to get information from you.

If you have an ebay account just log in direct and you will see if you have bought anything....don't click on any links.

[MamIDdau]

I used to get emails from Paypal saying something about my account and I knew it was fake cos I didn't have that email registered with Paypal.

[Deleted]

thanks again i will send an email to paypal

[Tig]

Just received an email from my 'bank' advising that 'Our Maintenance Division is doing a scheduled Electronic Banking software update' and redirecting me to another site - definately a phishing scam!! I have bundled it on to my bank. Stay vigil folk x Tig

[Weeterrier]

Thanks folks, I have had e-mails from banks I am not with, asking me to update my details. Because I'm not a member, I ignored them. Perhaps it is only English banks they are using?

[nightowl]

I keep getting emails saying that so-and-so has added me to their Facebook. People I've never heard of

I've always deleted them, but are people really sad enough to do that Facebook thing to total strangers, or is it a scam?

[Deleted]

Ive had a few lately one from the halifax bank asking me to update my onlie account information deleted i dont bank with them.
Emails from people saying in their best friend and need my help.
One from thr British consulate in a place begining with a saying that ive been observed as a spy or something like that.
Also had an email about an atm card and i should not corespond with the solicitors, all wrre deleted and not replied to if i get anymore i will pass them on.
If you are unsure delete them, better to be safe than sorry.

[Tig]

I have had an email from a 'high street bank' today saying they are doing a software update for electronic banking clients - with a link - obviously fraudulent - I have no idea why I got it?

Just a timely reminder not to respond or even click on the links in this sort of email!

x Tig

[JennyWrenn]

I get this every day on my works PC and always with the Banks logo too - Nat West, Barclays and many more

Also now and again on my laptop at home

I keep a careful check on my bank statements too

[farmersboy]

I never get anything like that,is it cos perhaps you bank on line,cos i dont,i like to go down and chat with the young blonde.

[Plocket]

We get all sorts of e-mails from banks we don't even bank with. I just spam the lot and if I want to go into my bank account I go via MY link, not the one that's been e-mailed. If you do get something from your bank my advice is that you go into their website using a search engine, and ask them whether the e-mail is from them or not.

[Weeterrier]

I don't bank online, yet I get those e-mails from various high street banks.

But always check your bank statements, because I have been the victim of two scams recently, and had to get a new account set up. The first scam was a charge of £9.88 from HELP ME DOWNLOAD.COM, which is associated with MP3.com. This would have been a monthly occurrence, had I not noticed it. The other was also musically linked, but it was just a person I think. In America, because the deduction was in dollars. The MP3 thing is a recognised scam. I hadn't even been to their site, let alone sign up for anything.
The fraud office at the bank say there is little I can do about it, short of stopping buying online, and it has little to do with who you buy from either.
I have decided to buy online still, but keep an eye on my statement.

[nightowl]

When I bought something a while back online with my credit card, a thing popped up from the card company (Tesco) asking me to set up a security thing with a password to use when I used the card online, which I did.

I realise now that could so easily have been a scam (it wasn't) and I just went along with it without giving it a second thought

[Weeterrier]

I felt like that when the same happened with my bank, but it turned out alright too. It's no use worrying, and I won't relate the tale again, but I'd like to remind you about my Mum. No cheque card, credit card, debit card, online shopping, online banking, no cheque book.
She goes to her branch and withdraws cash after her pension goes in. That's it. Her account was totally cleared by a thief.
If fraud can happen under those circumstances, we may as well do what we want, but stay alert.

[Spruance]

I must say that I am very careful when giving out credit card details online, even though I am a fairly frequent online shopper.

The main thing is to ensure that you are on a secure site when paying by card. On the screen where you are asked to enter your card details, the http bit at the top should change to https, and there should also be a small padlock symbol at the bottom right of the screen.

As I understand it the multiple phishing emails that we get from time work on the law of averages that every so often one of the emails will coincide with the banking arrangements of the recipient.

I am with Lloyds TSB, and whilst they do send me emails from time to time, they always quote certain unique account details (nearly gave the secret away then! ;D ) to identify themselves.

Essentially if you get a dodgy looking email purporting to be from your own bank, either ignore it completely, or report it to the bank's fraud department or simply print off a copy and take it to your local branch.

[nightowl]

May 28, 2008 11:40:43 GMT Weeterrier said:

I felt like that when the same happened with my bank, but it turned out alright too. It's no use worrying, and I won't relate the tale again, but I'd like to remind you about my Mum. No cheque card, credit card, debit card, online shopping, online banking, no cheque book.
She goes to her branch and withdraws cash after her pension goes in. That's it. Her account was totally cleared by a thief.
If fraud can happen under those circumstances, we may as well do what we want, but stay alert.

Oh Wee, that's terrible A rotten thing to do to an old lady

[Amo]

May 28, 2008 8:00:14 GMT Weeterrier said:

The other was also musically linked, but it was just a person I think. In America, because the deduction was in dollars. The MP3 thing is a recognised scam. I hadn't even been to their site, let alone sign up for anything.
The fraud office at the bank say there is little I can do about it, short of stopping buying online, and it has little to do with who you buy from either.
I have decided to buy online still, but keep an eye on my statement.

This happend to my OH today. Natwest had already stopped his card and removed his details from online and were contacting him. Apparently in the US there are fraudsters who can automatically generate card numbers and then the 'security' code and now and then they hit the jackpot. The trigger is a small amount, with OH it was 52p equivilant of about a US $1, to a music dowload store for i-Tunes etc. The bank monitors for this and automatically stopped his card.

I don't think anything is ever goiing to be safe, you just have to be vigilant. After my run in with them recently I check my account most days.

Also most places have somewhere to send the phishing mails e.g. [e-mail] or [e-mail] and [e-mail] I have them in my address book and forward them all, they stop for a while then, before they figure out the next batch that is.

If you can't join them, beat them!! ;D

[snowowl]

Blimy i missed this thread it only happend to me this week its realy worrying.

[Deleted]

If they do get into my account they wolnt get much out of it.

I always log on to my internet banking through there secure site but every so often i change my password, i dont buy much online but when i do im as carefull as i can be.

Karen x

[Weeterrier]

Vigilance is the key. I won't stop buying online, it is too convenient for me, but I check my statement well when it comes in.
After all, internet thievery is just the same as being mugged in the street, except when it happens online, the bank gives us our money back and there is no visit to hospital involved.

[nightowl]

I give my current account a quick check nearly every day, only takes a minute or 2.

Been lucky so far