Possible Bank Scam

[Chr15]

Recieved this in an e-mail today:
IMPORTANT INFORMATION

During our regularly scheduled maintenance and verification of our Database, we have detected a slight error in your account information.

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

A recent change in your personal information (i.e.change of Email address).

Submiting invalid information during the initial sign up process.

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Please verify your informations by :

1. Click here to sign on.
2. Complete our quick and simple form.
3. Continue with your Online banking.

We apologize for any inconvenience.Thank you for using NatWest Online

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I didnt click or open the link that was in it. Im sure its the first NatWest email Ive ever had. It was sent from online@natvvest.com. I noticed the double V and not a W straight away which made me even more suspicous.

[steviee90]

ignore it mate..... if ur that concerned take it into ur local bank and ask if its genuine

[weetz]

Yep looks like a phishing scam to me, banks will never send emails like the above.

[Chr15]

Ive just gone back to it and hovered the cursor over the link and it doesnt look right. zickennetz.de/[moretexthere]

[Mochachino]

Never click on links from emails, where you have personal details. Always go to their address by typing in theyre web address and log in that way.

I used to get them all the time from a fake ebay, saying why have you copied my advert and selling my product? then asking me to log in. They get ya password n stuff and away they go. Repported to ebay and they sorted it out :p

[Chr15]

I wasnt going to anyway. Ill inform NatWest tomorrow.

[djflipsaxo]

i agree, contact natwest, go to the branch witha copy of the email imo.

[Mystic]

Emails sent from a web server can have any reply email address attached to it, making it look like it came from anyone. I could email people from the address 'BillGates@Microsoft.com" if i wanted to. So the fact that there is a double vv in the reply address is nonsense.

Secondly. You should never follow the link from the emails. If there was a problem with your bank details and the emailed to ask you to correct them. Open your browser & use your bookmarked link to the bank or type the address in yourself & see if there are any problems with your account.

Noone should ever get caught out by email scams!

[Marshy]

I get these bullshit emails all the time, mostly from banks I don't even use!

[Prickle]

just hit 'delete' and dont look back, i get poxy emails like that..

[bpm]

Theres hundreds of variations of these flowing around. Always delete emails from your bank and then log in yourself via the web. Actually it applies to any emails asking for your details and giving you a link.

Your address bar at the top of the page can be programmed to say what you want it to say, doesnt mean you are actually on that website. So ALWAYS read, delete and then action it yourself by going there direct!

[Jazz]

Loaddssss of these scams doing the rounds, not just impersonating natwest but all the banks. Ignore.

[Rach125]

had one before about it, y wud the bank contact u online if they thought their was a problem with ur online account being hijacked or w/e, DELETE

[sammysaxo1000]

Yeh mate thats a deffinate scam. Send it to natwest and they should sort it out. I've had plenty of ebay scam emails. Cought me out once.

[Kelly]

If your details weren't up to date then they would call you in to the bank to update them or send you a letter to your home to ring for an appointment.

the email didn't start something like Dear valued customer, did it because when it's your bank they use your name

[Leanne_vtr]

I had a simular thing about ebay on Sunday, Had an email with all the usuall ebay background saying I havn't payed for an item I bidded on and that I was to click on the link to supply bank details. Do people actually follow these links and do as they say? It's rediculus (sp) The name of the person it was from was Thansmon Ulrkdsa makes me laugh how they think they would get away with it. Especially when I don't even use that account!

[Elliott]

Contact the bank mate.
Take the email in to them if you want to

[EssexHoney]

You can send phishing emails to natwest so they can sort it out. If you log in to your natwest account it should say somewhere, report phishing emails. If they did have a problem, i doubt they would send you an email, they usually phone you i think about personal stuff?

[Ben_L]

Think these emails normally go straight to my junk email folder. I just delete without opening. So many of these about though

[Chr15]

TBH I dont even remember registering on the NatWest website lol. Ive contacted them anyway.

@ Mystic the vv looks like W a quick glance so could be there to catch you out if you dont look carefully enough.

[dannyboy2005]

Banks will NEVER contact you by email or ask for details on the phone!

I had this a few weeks ago, had probally 2 or 3 every week. I reported every single one to my bank and ever since not recieved one email.

I'm guessing it would be a key-logger.