These phishing emails from "banks"

[Lady Whistledown]

I'm getting four or five of these spam emails a day now, from a wide range of banks, all urging me to log on and reconfirm my security details of course.

Is there any way to block them, as I'm fed up with weeding them all out of my inbox in order to delete them. Some drop automatically into the Junk folder, but others don't.

I presume as they come from so many different sources, there's no way to block them??

Or should I just reply with my name, account number and PIN?

 

[john baldock]

Hi mate
Just ignore them i get loads on my buisness email they are a f*cking pain in the butt, dont either respond as it is a con trick hope that helps.

 

[clapham_gull]

I'm getting four or five of these spam emails a day now, from a wide range of banks, all urging me to log on and reconfirm my security details of course.

Is there any way to block them, as I'm fed up with weeding them all out of my inbox in order to delete them. Some drop automatically into the Junk folder, but others don't.

I presume as they come from so many different sources, there's no way to block them??

Or should I just reply with my name, account number and PIN?

In view of the above, I've had a number of arguments with banks regarding their policy of ringing me for marketing purposes and asking for my security details before proceeding.

They don't seem to understand that this simply creates scope for another potential problem "telephone phishing".

I had one last week from HSCB on my mobile. Rang me up and said it was the bank and they asked for my security number prior to telling what the nature of the call was.

I simply refuse to cooperate and they simply didn't understand that although they wanted to check my credentials I couldn't see how I easily check that it was really them.

Their "safety net" apparently was that I could look the number up afterwards.

Is it just me, or does seem to be a bit of a stupid practice.

 

[cardboard]

Im getting loads through my work e-mail.

Pretty random ones like Cahoot bank!!!

 

[john baldock]

no bank will ever ask for your banking details ie pin no or, account no over the phone so dont ever give it out tell them to bugger of if you can get a name and then phone your bank to check them out .

 

[beorhthelm]

the funny/sad thing is they only keep sending them out because some people do reply to them

 

[Gwylan]

Blimey, are they still doing the rounds. It's been well over three years since I last got one of those. I thought the fraudsters were too busy hitting Facebook these days.

 

[clapham_gull]

no bank will ever ask for your banking details ie pin no or, account no over the phone so dont ever give it out tell them to bugger of if you can get a name and then phone your bank to check them out .

I had a number of calls recently where I've been asked to confirm a number of things over the phone.

The point is they've rung me and not the other way round.

They don't ask for account numbers, that sort of information is readily available.

It's when they start asking for passwords etc...

Again as I stress, upon me receiving a call for marketing purposes.

 

[john baldock]

I know they do and some people find out the hard way i know what its like to have our personal account emptied in two days had card skimmed in Eastbourne last year after a weekend down there taking in an Albion game !! Felt sick on Monday mourning i can say and we only drew with Cheltenham 3=3 so peeps wise up

 

[Easy 10]

I've made bank calls before when I worked for Lloyds TSB, chasing up loan arrears, overdrafts, mortgage arrears, credit card debt etc. Would just ask the victim to confirm their DOB and postode to ID them before commencing with the purpose of the call. There was NEVER a password involved.

 

[Safeway]

Tell the police!

 

[clapham_gull]

I know they do and some people find out the hard way i know what its like to have our personal account emptied in two days had card skimmed in Eastbourne last year after a weekend down there taking in an Albion game !! Felt sick on Monday mourning i can say and we only drew with Cheltenham 3=3 so peeps wise up

We had a card copied that we'd never used....

Never got to the bottom of that one.

The bank made me report it to the police, and because I took a few days to get back to them they tried to get out of refunding to £500 that had been taken from it.

How the bank spotted it was very odd though. There is apparently a practice of criminals pretending to Supermarkets employees and checking out potentially stolen cards.

When the banks report back that the card hasn't been reported stolen, off they go.

A routine audit of calls from supermarkets (Safeway is this case) alerted the bank.

 

[john baldock]

we lost £900 pounds all taken in turkey the bank in question did not alert us we told them but even though the account we have gauranteed the money would come back to us we had to wait some 7 weeks!! and countless phone calls in the end went into our branch in glocester and went ballistic and was sorted within two days so now very cautious with emails or phone calls

 

[disgruntled h blocker]

When banks call me, I tell them to give me certain numbers of my PIN number, so I can check myself if they are who they are! That really gets them miffed... and end up telling me that isn't how it works. I say in reply, well, that's how it works for me (and then put the phone up!)

 

[Easy 10]

When banks call me, I tell them to give me certain numbers of my PIN number, so I can check myself if they are who they are! That really gets them miffed... and end up telling me that isn't how it works. I say in reply, well, that's how it works for me (and then put the phone up!)

No bank employee will ever have your pin number, obviously.

But its worth bearing in mind that if your bank is calling you, it might not be anything to do with trying to sell you something. There could be a problem with your account that they are contacting you to sort out. So while you might feel clever asking them to tell you pin numbers etc before hanging up, you might not be doing yourself any favours.....

 

[Mackenzie]

In view of the above, I've had a number of arguments with banks regarding their policy of ringing me for marketing purposes and asking for my security details before proceeding.

They don't seem to understand that this simply creates scope for another potential problem "telephone phishing".

I had one last week from HSCB on my mobile. Rang me up and said it was the bank and they asked for my security number prior to telling what the nature of the call was.

I simply refuse to cooperate and they simply didn't understand that although they wanted to check my credentials I couldn't see how I easily check that it was really them.

Their "safety net" apparently was that I could look the number up afterwards.

Is it just me, or does seem to be a bit of a stupid practice.

I had the same problem at Barclays.....they must see the potential for id theft by using this system

 

[Safeway]

When banks call me, I tell them to give me certain numbers of my PIN number, so I can check myself if they are who they are! That really gets them miffed... and end up telling me that isn't how it works. I say in reply, well, that's how it works for me (and then put the phone up!)

Ooo, aren't you a smarty bollocks!

 

[vegster]

I'm getting four or five of these spam emails a day now, from a wide range of banks, all urging me to log on and reconfirm my security details of course.

Is there any way to block them, as I'm fed up with weeding them all out of my inbox in order to delete them. Some drop automatically into the Junk folder, but others don't.

I presume as they come from so many different sources, there's no way to block them??

Or should I just reply with my name, account number and PIN?

I have two repeating attempts to get my details which always go straight in to my junk mail. I do have the option in a drop down box to " Report Phising Scam" and I have done so on numerous occasions and nothing seems to happen. I fear I am stuck with this too.

 

[Uncle C]

I say in reply, well, that's how it works for me (and then put the phone up!)

How strange, I've never heard that phrase. I normally put the phone down or hang up.

 

[dougdeep]

Change to Sky Broadband. No spam, job done.