Dodgy 'Barclays' Mail

[Elton]

Just received a really weird email, the purpose of which eludes me:

 

a. I'm not a Barclays customer.

b. It was sent to an address harvested from this website, not one of my regular email addresses.

 

Anyone seen it before?

 

Dear Valued Customer,

 

- Our new security system will help you to avoid frequently fraud transactions and to keep your investments in safety.

 

 

- Due to technical update we recommend you to

reactivate your account.

 

 

Click on the link below to login and begin using

your updated Barclays account.

 

To log into your account, please visit the NetBank

http://www.barclays.co.uk

 

If you have questions about your online statement,

please send us a Bank Mail or call us at

0846 600 2323 (outside the UK dial +44 247 686 2063).

 

We appreciate your business. It's truly our

pleasure to serve you.

 

Barclays Customer Care

 

This email is for notification only. To contact us, please log into your account and send a Bank Mail.

[Ziffy]

havent got anything like that from barclays.

[Alan Taylor]

Elton:

frequently fraud transactions and to keep your investments in safety.

 

 

It's truly our

pleasure to serve you.

My English is not too good is that grammaticly correct?

 

Have you ever seen the last bit EVER?

 

:confused: Alan :confused:

[Leon Roskilly]

Sounds like a similar email sent to AOL customers asking them to confirm their payment details.

 

All you had to do was to enter your Credit Card Number, name, date of birth, password etc!

 

Of course it all looks fairly/very convincing, and takes in quite a number of gullible folk who then find items appearing on their debit/credit card, or their identity 'stolen' for other purposes.

 

Be careful out there!

 

Tight Lines - leon

[Apache]

I have had a trawl through my junk mail, and lo and behold there is one of the barclays mail

[Elton]

I sent mine to Barclays

[davidP]

I've had a couple like that purporting to have come from various banks (Citibank was one). Take a close look at the link. I've found that whilst it may display www.barclays.co.uk or similar in the e-mail, when you actually put your mouse on it the address it displays in the bar at the bottom of the screen is different. Not sure precisely how they do it but if you click you end up at a site that looks like the bank in question but isn't.

[davidP]

I notice on the BBC news site that Barclays have finally issued a warning about this scam. Originated in Baltimore apparently.

[Apache]

quote:

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Originally Posted by DavidP:

Barclays have finally issued a warning about this scam. Originated in Baltimore apparently.

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Only about 2 weeks to late!

[Leon Roskilly]

It was on the TV News today!

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3105658.stm

 

Tight Lines - leon