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Post by jal on Jan 9, 2014 23:21:25 GMT
Hi Gang
Those nice people at Barclay`s Bank are so considerate that they sent me an e-mail today telling me about my Account that I don't have.
But I do wish they would get better at English Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation.
Dear Valued Customer,
We detect some unauthorised activity on your online account due to which we temporary suspend your online services
and you can,t access your services until unless you login through sercure link
Click here to reactivate your services
your account will restored immediately.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a compulsory measure. Failure to
update your information will lead to suspension of survices permanently.
Best Regards,
Barclays
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Post by nob on Jan 10, 2014 12:11:13 GMT
JJ any I get I send to the fraud dept of the bank. I got one about a Natwest credit card I don't have, forwarded straight to their fraud dept.
Send it to,
internetsecurity@barclays.co.uk
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Jan 10, 2014 14:13:35 GMT
Get them on one of our accounts quite frequently.
Usually I do not open any of them, just delete unopened.
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Post by jal on Jan 10, 2014 16:08:24 GMT
I opened it and then deleted it.
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Post by Bob on Jan 10, 2014 20:58:51 GMT
Never open, just delete.  |
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Post by Ratae on Jan 10, 2014 22:01:16 GMT
Hmmmmm....looking at the English grammar in that email, I think I may know what my pal Smudger has been getting up to of late. He's a very naughty boy, and I'll be having words with him.  |
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Post by uncleub on Jan 10, 2014 22:47:34 GMT
Never open, just delete. That's the way...trouble is people are just too curious for their own good  |
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Post by jal on Jan 10, 2014 23:06:09 GMT
No problem I don't have an account at Barclays
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Jan 11, 2014 12:12:36 GMT
No problem I don't have an account at Barclays You may not have an account. But there is a way that certain scammers have of telling that if the mail is opened the email account is live. If it is deleted unopened they do not know that the email address is viable. |
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Post by banjo on Jan 11, 2014 13:15:55 GMT
I delete them from the server. They don't even get within a sniff of the PC. I've used "Mailwasher" for years for just this purpose. You can bounce the emails back too, but you'd be daft to believe that they take any notice, so that soon becomes boring.
Mailwasher was great back in the days of dial up because it saved you phone costs incurred downloading spam.
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Post by petersmyth1 on Jan 11, 2014 22:13:12 GMT
Never open, just delete. That's the way...trouble is people are just too curious for their own good Phil what is wrong with opening an Email you don't recognise, apart from alerting scammers that it is an active address. Opening emails won't infect your puter but opening attachments to them could. The badly written prose may alert you but your brain should come out of the sickbay. Why would any bank you have an account with ask you by email to confirm something they already know? Add to that the fact that in any email from a secure known address one should never use an emailed link to gain access. Best to use the link in your Favs List. Security is far more easily handled than most peeps think. 70+% of security to an experienced user is common sense. |
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Post by jal on Jan 11, 2014 22:36:34 GMT
That was the way I looked at it Peter
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Post by uncleub on Jan 11, 2014 22:47:32 GMT
That's the way...trouble is people are just too curious for their own good Phil what is wrong with opening an Email you don't recognise, apart from alerting scammers that it is an active address. Opening emails won't infect your puter but opening attachments to them could. The badly written prose may alert you but your brain should come out of the sickbay. Why would any bank you have an account with ask you by email to confirm something they already know? Add to that the fact that in any email from a secure known address one should never use an emailed link to gain access. Best to use the link in your Favs List. Security is far more easily handled than most peeps think. 70+% of security to an experienced user is common sense. So why even bother clicking the link,especially when you don't even bank with them...  |
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Post by jal on Jan 11, 2014 23:23:55 GMT
Hi Phil
As I don't bank with Barclays I was just interested to see how the message was worded, and the spelling and punctuation of the sender. which as usual was poor.
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