Omg! There gonna cancel my Barclays Account!

[nutcase]

I've reported dozens of them to whichever institution. Never got any thanks so just delete them now.

 

[Bennah]

Another scam. These will never stop tbh. There will always be new ones about.

They must fool some people. Unlucky for the people who have been fooled.

If I get an email like that, I go to the actual site and do it from there. Only likes I proceed with in emails are forum registration ones. Thats about it.

Other I do the proper way.

 

[SidewinderINC]

i too was baffled at how "good" the scammers had got being able to fake the verisign and security stuff...

but then i read the thread lol

 

[Sem]

i get emails claiming to be from HSBC, Barclay's etc and i don't even bank with them

most of the emails goes to the address i use exclusively for my eBay/paypal activities

so im guessing my previous buyers/sellers are trying to rip me off

 

[Bennah]

Might not be totally them.

Email address can be had from all over the place these days. Just like your home address when you get a load of 'Junk' mail through the post. They get them off some kind of mailing list.

 

[Goksly]

When you write a hyperlink there's two parts: the actual link destination, and the display text.

So you can do http://www.example.com or this but also stuff like this: http://www.example.com - which tricks people and is what the e-mails do.

The forums have just auto-formatted the display part (which they wrote as the Barclays URL to fool you) into a proper link

I think if all scammers did that - the majority would be very unsuccessful. The ones I get seem to be a bit more "advanced". For instance, I got a HSBC one saying they needed me to update my details (even though I dont have a HSBC account). Anywho wanted to try it to see what its like... the url was update.hsbc.com or something similar -> not we.are.taking.your.money.com etc.

 

[The_TailGunner]

i reeeeeeeeeeeeeaaally hate people who send out emails like this, trying to con people. do they ever get caught? do banks follow up on things like this?

not really- they just seems to send out an email saying "beware of the email".

problem is, there is bugger all they CAN do...the emails invariably originate from countries where there is now law against it, or no extradition treaty, or similar issues.

basically- there is sod all can be done about it in reality, apart from getting some common sense and learning top spot the dodgy stuff.

 

[Van_Dammesque]

I say this everytime for anyone not in the know
Use firefox and use an extension called Spoofstick!

 

[wordy]

It's pretty sad really, the scammer have obviously put a lot of effort into thinking up different ways of ripping people off, and their efforts can be quite convincing to the average person. Just makes me think why not just get a deccent job, with the intelligence they seem to posess you'd think they'd be able to get a deccent job

 

[spirit]

easy money.

 

[westie17]

I say this everytime for anyone not in the know
Use firefox and use an extension called Spoofstick!

Spoof stick dont work with the latest versions of FF

 

[richieboy]

Did anyone read my post?

I did.

Ill post it again for you and those who skip the posts in the middle:

When you write a hyperlink there's two parts: the actual link destination, and the display text.

So you can do http://www.example.com or this but also stuff like this: http://www.example.com - which tricks people and is what the e-mails do.

The forums have just auto-formatted the display part (which they wrote as the Barclays URL to fool you) into a proper link.

 

[Inquisitor]

Actually comparing it to the actual Barclays login is quite scary, it's identical to the actual login.

Well it's not difficult to copy a page, all you have to do is copy the markup and make the appropriate changes... child's play.

 

[theredguy]

Got the same one today and also one for HSBC, shame i don't bank with eother of them.