Another Banking Sham........beware

Merlin the Magician

Merlin the Magician

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:eek: I RECEIVED THIS TWICE OVERNIGHT ( I DO NOT USE THIS BANK FOR ANYTHING AT ALL)AND SENT IT TO ABBEY ENCLOSED SEE THE REPLY.
1ST THE EMAIL TO ME
Dear Abbey Bank Customer
At Abbey Bank, we take our Internet Banking security seriously. When using our
Internet Banking service, you automatically benefit from our Internet Banking Promise.

We are contacting you to remind you that our Account Review Team identified some
unusual activity in your account. In accordance with Abbey Online Banking
User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been accessed from fraudulent
locations, Your Online Access to your account has been limited. Your Online account access
will remain limited until this issue has been resolved.
You are required to Re-Confirm your Online access for online banking Authenticity.
Once you have Re-Confirm your Online Access your Abbey Bank account
service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
Re-Confirm your Online Access using the Link Below

http://www.abbey.co.uk/signon/default.htm?...signonmenulink/
Thank You.
Graham Williams
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ABBEY BANK OFFICIAL REPLY
Hello Mr J R,

Thanks for your e-mail.

This is a receipt to let you know we've received your message, and we'll reply as soon as we can.

We want to make certain that your information is kept as safe as possible so we do ask that you don't supply any of your account details on an e-mail. If you do need to ask us about your accounts, please give us a call. You can find the number you need by clicking on www.abbey.com then click on 'contact us'.


A FRAUDULENT E-MAIL ALLEGING TO BE FROM ABBEY IS CURRENTLY IN CIRCULATION.

The email asks users to follow a link to reactivate their account. Please do not click on the link and do not enter any information.

Abbey will never send you an e-mail asking you to enter, reconfirm or change your security details. If you think you may have revealed your security details in any way, please call us immediately on 0845 600 4388 - we're open 7am to 11pm Monday to Saturday, and 9am to 9pm on Sunday.

If your message was sent to let us know about an e-mail containing a link to a fraudulent copy of our website we’d like to take the opportunity to thank you. Your help enables us to take the necessary steps to deal with getting the sites taken down.

Regards
Abbey Customer Services
 
Seems to be a spate of them happening recently, I've had emails from every bank possible asking to confirm my details :rant:

Paypal is another one I've had a few emails from aswell :suspect:
 
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