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[broadsword]

I recieved an email today i believe it to be a scam, here are the details:



Firstly i havent even signed up for online banking!
And second, it wasnt even sent straight to me! It uses a email scam program that they type a name in and it just sends it to all the people with that certain word in their name...

E.g. common-joe@yahoo.co.uk
It will send it to anyone with the word 'common' or 'joe' in their @yahoo.co.uk email address.

I darent click on the link so i cannot tell you what happens, just letting you all know

[Flashy]

Not too sure on this one, if you follow the link it has links to the help page from lloydstsb.com yet the form is from a co.uk domain. Also the forgotten username is also linked to a .co.uk. Whereas the main lloyds site is on a .com domain. You might want to report it to lloyds in their security section. I'm sure they'll tell you if its real or not.

Edit:

check this link

http://www.lloydstsb...=top_navigation

click the email scam examples link

example number 3 is your email

Edited by Flashy, 19 February 2005 - 09:10 PM.

[Richard H]

It's a scam. These e-mails use clever url masking, so the link you think your clicking on isn't the one you actually are.

No bank will ever ask you to confirm details in such a manner.

[spykke]

Its called "Phishing" Here are a few links if you want to know more:

http://www.millersmi...t/phishing.html

http://www.antiphishing.org/

[PyroKid]

I too have recieved such an e-mail.
Got me worried at first, but then it clicked that i dont even have an account with Lloyds TSB and have no connections with this bank what so ever, so have resorted to deleting such emails from my inbox without a worry.

[pritch]

When I get an e-mail like that I goto the website they tell me to goto and if its a registered domain name I will look it up on internic.org and get the address and phone number of the person who registered it. Then I pass those on to the police. I can't stand people who try scamming innocent people out of money so hope they goto jail or drop down dead.

[Phoenix]

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[broadsword]

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[broadsword]

Got another one today...


As normal, not my email address but I still recieved it! And no bank would EVER send you an email such as this!

Keep ur eyes peeled!

Edited by broadsword, 10 March 2005 - 11:32 PM.