HSBC Phishing Emails

[Spruance]

Last week I received an email purportedly from HSBC plc inviting me to 'Upgrade to HSBC Advance' but of course it was obviously a phishing email as I don't even have an account with HSBC. I also received another one a few minutes ago.

I get these fairly frequently and my mail filtering software always flags them as phishing mails and consigns them to the bin.

However, what is alarming about this particular phishing email is that it also comes with an embedded trojan horse, so if you happen to get one of these do not open it under any circumstances as this could activate the malware program. Just delete it asap.

I am fortunate that my security software has identified and quarantined the offending bug but it is certainly one to look out for, especially if you do happen to have an HSBC bank account.

PS: Rather alarmingly I had to physically drag the email into the deleted items bin in order to be able to delete it at all so this is obviously a particularly nasty piece of work.

[Jasmine]

Thanks for the warning Spru. I find a few from the Halifax and Santander in spam sometimes.

[Plocket]

I automatically delete any bank emails on principle. If my bank want to get hold of me they can phone or put a message directly onto my web-account.

I can't help laughing at some of the feeble attempts though - we had one from Llody bank at the weekend, and another from HsBc. Do people really fall for these?

[Jasmine]

Llody Bank - you could almost laugh if it wasn't serious and some people must get caught out otherwise folk wouldn't do it.
Llody Bank sounds like a new Welsh bank ;D.