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Little troubled by these E-mails, what do you think ?



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The link does not work on copy/paste, but ask you for all you details .. well, no .. don't think so. Am I wrong or what ? Get them often and sometimes the link is invalid as shown on here.

Entwisi may know.

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Thanks Bonnyboy, will follow your advice .. am suspicious ..probably listening to too much Martin Lewis .. :D .. nevertheless, 'tis all very strange.

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These are the most worrying (or clever):-

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• As part of our security measures, We believe that, in everything else, you deserve the best in banking too. Therefore protective measures is been applied to satisfy our striving costumer needs. Our technical service department is currently upgrading our SSL servers to enhance adequate banking security, to give our costumers a better, fast and secure online banking service. We noticed several unsuccessful login attempts and therefore have decided to temporarily restrict your online access. To regain access to your online banking Please click on • Online Banking Logon to continue the verification process. • (Failure to verify your Online Access service changes will lead to account disconnection)


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I would check on the website.. if they are doing anything to the online banking they would put it on there..

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You wont get emails from your bank asking for personal details, so don't even bother opening them, just report them and delete them. Don't even bother opening them until your bank confirms that it is from them, which you should be able to check with a quick phone call.

Generally banks never email you unless you have contacted them via online resources in the first place or made a transaction online of some sort.

REPORT AND DELETE.

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agree 100%, you will NEVER get an email, if they want to contact you they will write to you.

NEVER EVER EVER click or even copy a link from an email regarding your bank/ebay/paypal/credit card/<insert any financial institution>. its a con.

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thats exactly what i was told by my bank some years ago, i've been getting these emails for a few months now, i never open them, i just delete them

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Kate you really should not have posted that dodgy link on this forum. Someone may click it and find it is a trojan or some other nasty trying to find out personal information about them or take control of their PC. Just delete these email whenever you receive them. I hope no one has clicked that link.

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Ive had these from banks other than my own, i just report and delete them

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Thanks everyone, you are correct, have taken a look at the Natwest site and they do have stern warnings about this type of what they call 'phishing'.
Wondered what that word meant ... :rolleyes:

I must have my stupid head on this month, musn't I ?

Got a feeling that I may have filled one in a few months ago,(only just gone back to Internet Banking a few months ago) but my account appears to be intact .. they probably didn't think was worth bothering with :D

Most of the links, there is nothing there, but the latest did have and had heard Martin Lewis telling Jeremy Vine to never, ever, give any details of yourself it they ring you either.

Have recently received a letter from the bank re. a further security measure saying I will receive a Card-Reader that looks like a small pocket calculator along with simple instrutions on its use. All sounds perculiar again to me ??

Perhaps now overly suspicious but they have headed my addressee name with Mrs. (one christian) name and (surname).

All my accounts and correspondence usually are headed Mrs. (two letters of my christian names) and surname. Perhaps I am now getting a little bit too suspicious.:confused:

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Don't worry I have the machine in my hand as we speak. You will or will have had a new chip and pin card to use with it as well. I did not get a letter beforehand so wondered why they had sent me a new card. I still don't really know what it is for (the card that is) it looks like a standard debt card.

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Sorry ... :o Nothing there anyway when I have put it up, only on my E-Mail.

Have gone into the site re. this reader which is NatWest - Card Reader User Guide and seems Ok then ?

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I got the card reader yesterday. They said they had told me about it in a letter which I haven't had. Not had a different card either :confused:

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Me and the missus have both had a card reader delivered a few weeks ago, again the letter beforehand never arrived and the wife thought it was a calculator......:eek:

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will be interested to see how it all works.

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I get loads of these spoof emails and like already said a bank would never ask for personal details via email. I just bin thgem as soon as i see them but there must be some that actually have given thier details away. SCARY....

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i've only ever had 1 e-mail from my bank & i just deleted it without opening

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And don't you start matey .. making me look stupid (I can do that for me meself !) .... :p::D

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REALLY !!! mmmmmm yea well.:alright:

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Ya didn't have to agree ... LOL

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the calculator thingy is a pin generator. what you do is when you want to do certain transactions ( usually around setting up payments and transfers), you put your debit card or in nat wests case it sounds like they send you some other card in it, enter your PIN and it generates a seemingly random number. teh internet site won't let you set up a payment etc without this generated number. The idea is that even if someone got your internet bank details and logged on as you they couldn't transfer all your money out without this gadget and your bank card. Its another layer of security. Barclays were the first to do this and won an award in teh internet security presentations(thinkk Bafta tyoe thing) for it.