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Merlin the Magician

Merlin the Magician

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I recieved this yesterday.. you might think oh thats very thoughtful of them??

But I have never ever banked with BARCLAYS................... :o

We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your Barclays IBank account
from a different IP address.
If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in
attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you did not initiate
the log ins, please visit Barclays IBank as soon as possible to check-up your
account information:
https://ibank.barclays.co.uk/olb/p/LoginMember.do
Thanks for your patience.
Sincerely,
Barclays Centre
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I'll chase this up in the morning from a different email address of theirs :o :o
 
I recieved this yesterday.. you might think oh thats very thoughtful of them??

But I have never ever banked with BARCLAYS................... :o

We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your Barclays IBank account
from a different IP address.
If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in
attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you did not initiate
the log ins, please visit Barclays IBank as soon as possible to check-up your
account information:
https://ibank.barclays.co.uk/olb/p/LoginMember.do
Thanks for your patience.
Sincerely,
Barclays Centre
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I'll chase this up in the morning from a different email address of theirs :o :o
 
These things do the rounds Merlin, it has no connection with Barclays Bank or any other bank at all. I received one a few days ago. It is similar to all the other emails that are about, ebay, paypal etc. Email addresses are collected and used for just this sort of thing. As I said though it has nothing to do with the bank in question. Just ignore it.
 
These things do the rounds Merlin, it has no connection with Barclays Bank or any other bank at all. I received one a few days ago. It is similar to all the other emails that are about, ebay, paypal etc. Email addresses are collected and used for just this sort of thing. As I said though it has nothing to do with the bank in question. Just ignore it.
 
Halifax have quite a few branches around the country. I am sure you will hear of them soon.
 
posted on ntl site at the present time......................

Scam Awareness Month – February 2006
Barclays Bank customers recently received emails from a bogus "Barclays Bank Security Department" asking for account details. Such scams are very convincing and fool people into thinking they are from the real company. This is a classic example of internet "phishing" whereby scammers pretend to be from a reputable business and steal your identity. Genuine organisations will never email you to ask to update, confirm or validate your account details. Identity theft is on the increase so be aware of the risks and take sensible precautions.


But like I stressed I am not even on their books so if you are beware............. :angy: :angy:
 
EXACTLY BRIAN I reported it to BARCLAYS security and they have said its scam there's some clever people around when it comes to monies?????????

SO ANYBODY WITH A BARCLAYS ACCOUNT DO NOT RESPOND TO IT OR YOUR HARD EARNED WILL BE NO MORE!!!
 
HERE'S THE EMAIL THEY SENT BACK TO ME....................

Thank you for your email. We will not respond to emails sent to this address unless we specifically need to. Please note that this mailbox is for the use of forwarding scam e-mails only, if your email relates to any other query/aspect of your online banking please forward this to 'contact us' via www.barclays.co.uk selecting the 'email us' option.

We are aware of a number of email scams that are currently operating. We will review the one you have sent us and take appropriate action.

In the meantime please follow our security advice below:

- Do not respond to emails asking for your security details.
- If you receive such an email delete it and do not open any attachments.
- Ensure you are running up to date anti-virus software and a personal firewall on your PC. Barclays customers can purchase discounted anti-virus software from the Barclays website by clicking on the Security tab at the top of the pages within Online Banking. Alternatively you can get a free virus security check of your PC from www.f-secure.com
- For further advice on security please click on the Security tab at the top of the pages within Online Banking.

- If you think you may have given away your security details, please contact the Online Banking Helpdesk immediately on 0845 600 2323 (outside the UK dial +44 247 684 2063)*.


*The Online Banking Helpdesk is open 7 days a week, from 7am to 11pm. To maintain a quality service, we may monitor or record phone calls."

Barclays Online Banking Helpdesk

This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system and do not copy, disclose or otherwise act upon any part of this e-mail or its attachments..

Internet communications are not guaranteed to be secure or virus-free.
The Barclays Group does not accept responsibility for any loss arising from unauthorised access to, or interference with, any Internet communications by any third party, or from the transmission of any viruses. Replies to this e-mail may be monitored by the Barclays Group for operational or business reasons..

Any opinion or other information in this e-mail or its attachments that does not relate to the business of the Barclays Group is personal to the sender and is not given or endorsed by the Barclays Group.

Barclays Bank PLC.Registered in England and Wales (registered no. 1026167).
Registered Office: 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP, United Kingdom.

Barclays Bank PLC is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
 
I don't know whether I'm particularly thick because of this heavy cold but when I clicked on the link in the original post although it looked just slightly odd there were no apparent scams in it. Indeed, there was a great deal of Barclays marketing and promotional information on it. So, accepting that someone has gone to a great deal of trouble to make an artificial barclays site, where is the con?
 
Brian, when you log in to the pretend site, they obviously ask you to use your log in details, hence the scam. I am sure you realise this. I have never got as far as looking at their site.

I have been getting these e-mails from various banks and building societies for months. Never click on anything on the e-mail just hit the delete button every time.
 
The original post is just a straight copy and paste of the text of the email. When Merlin posted it here, the forum software turned the proper Barclays link into a clickable one (as it does automatically with all links). In the original email, however, the actual link behind the text would have been to a spoof site. For example:


We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your Barclays IBank account
from a different IP address.
If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in
attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you did not initiate
the log ins, please visit Barclays IBank as soon as possible to check-up your
account information:
https://ibank.barclays.co.uk/olb/p/LoginMember.do
Thanks for your patience.
Sincerely,
Barclays Centre
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Clicking on the link there would bring you to a site which looked just enough like Barclay's website that someone would try logging in before they noticed they'd been had. Of course, all it would really do is log the username, password, pin number, credit card details and/or any other info it asked from you.

Send it to 10 million email addresses and if you fool just 0.00001% of the recipients you've got yourself access to 100 bank accounts.
 
Gareth - I'm sorry to appear thick today but are you saying that the site address in Merlin's email as posted on here is not the site address he actually received in the original email? If so, how did it change in the process of Merlin posting it?


Kathy, I am well aware of what false sites do - my point is that the site above appears not to be a false site. Indeed, it doesn't ask for any information on recipients' accounts and has security warnings from Barclays on it.
 
The email would have looked like it does in the quote box in my last post. Try clicking on the link there and you'll see that it attempts to take you somewhere other than where the clickable text implies.

It's just simple HTML - a link has two parts; the actual link itself (which you can't see) and the text you click on. The text you click on can be absolutely anything, including the address of a different website.

What Merlin posted was just the plain text copied from the email. This wouldn't have included the actual bogus link. When he posted it here, the forum software saw a piece of text that it identified as a web address (from the http:\\ prefix), and turned it into a link to that web address, hence the confusion.
 
Ah, right, I understand (at last). So, it is possible to give a link your own name when you send it in an email in the same way as we can on here, is it? How do I do it as I'd like to on occasions?
 
Originally posted by BrianH@Feb 20 2006, 10:36 PM
Ah, right, I understand (at last). So, it is possible to give a link your own name when you send it in an email in the same way as we can on here, is it? How do I do it as I'd like to on occasions?
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If you type the text you wish to appear in the email, select it and go to "insert" select hyperlink and it gives you a box to type in your web address.

Hope that helps.
 
On any secure website there is a lock on the bottom right side of the website, right click on this and it will give you the license number, if is does not then it is not a secure address.
 
Originally posted by Steve T@Feb 20 2006, 11:06 PM
If you type the text you wish to appear in the email, select it and go to "insert" select hyperlink and it gives you a box to type in your web address.

Hope that helps.
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Thanks, tetley, but I know that much. What I'm asking is whether it's possible to name that link wth a name of my own in the same way as I can on here. For instance if I make a link to, say:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/europe/uk/uk.html

I can do it like so:

Weather Forecast

So, what I'm after knowing is whether something similar can be done in an email?
 
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