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I should have said that when"Microsoft Scammers" rang me they did ask for me by name.

I believe that our details given in various places, e.g. Electoral Register, are sold off to various companies. So be careful who you give your details to. A lot of us don't think twice about filling in Questionnaires for example, giving lots of information about ourselves, that we would not normally give out!

Like IGP, I seem to have no end of problems with bank accounts I don't have.

I just had a look in my trash box, apparently my Halifax, Barclays, HSBC, Santander, Lloyd's, and Nat West Bank accounts all have some sort of problem or another.

Shame none of them exist.

As you say, they never use your name. Like the paypal one that keeps telling me I have paid. Skype around £40 every few weeks.

And as for the Windows problem,I put my last experience with that on here a few weeks back.

Lucky most of us aren't as green as we are cabbage looking. M

InspectorGreenPen - I had totally forgotten about that so thanks for reminding me. I hovered over the link and this is what it showed:-

http://www.specialriskmanagers.com.au/wp-admin/network/404.htm

A search reveals that the web address "specialriskmanagers.com.au" belongs to
Special Risk Managers - Australian Life Insurances - diabetes life insurance, stroke life insurance, heart disease life insurance & high blood pressure.

:-S :-S :-S

I sometimes wonder if I hold the record for the number of 'restricted' accounts I have.

Nat West, Halifax, Santander, Lloyds, HSBC, Nationwide.... the list goes on

Two easy giveaways to spotting these scams...

Firstly, they are never addressed to you personally. Dear Customer or Dear your email address, or part of it.

Secondly, hover over any link which is likely to be a spoof (DO NOT CLICK.....!) and you will see the real link address in the bottom left of your screen. In the OP example it is probably nothing even resembling [email protected]

I always do this as a matter of course with any link I intend to click on, even if I feel 100% sure it is genuine.

I had a phone call twice within minutes, 2 weeks ago, from someone claiming to be from Microsoft, warning of "Critical Errors" on my computer. I told them that I knew it was a scam and hung up.

They rang back again, and this time my phone line sounded strange which made me very nervous. When I told them my nephew has a computer business, they hung up!

LOL maybe THAT one's a SCAM, Scam, Scam...............aka monty pythons' Spam, spam.............etc............

All sounds very professional doesn't it.

I don't often remember to look at my Spam, but just done so and there was one purporting to be from Natwest, and this one from Halifax ( with whom I do NOT have an account ).

"

Dear Customer,

During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures with affiliated banks, we have detected a slight error in your account information!

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address).
2. Multiple failed attempts on online shopping websites.
3. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due to an internal error within our processors.

Please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:


Click here to update and verify your information


If your account information is not updated within 48 hours then your ability to access your account will become restricted.

Fraud Prevention Unit
Legal Advisor
Halifax Online Banking."

ironically where they have said "click here" they have forgotten to put a link.

I recognise them straight away as they can't even begin to spell my address correctly!

I get them all the time in my 'span' box.

And from many other banks as well

Now I know which 2 banks I use and am always amused when I am told there is a problem on my account with a bank I do not use.

Most banks have on their website an email address where you can send these scam emails to, so they can not only see any 'new' scams but can assess and look into those doing the rounds.

My suggestion is to get a list of all the banks 'fraud' email addresses to send on any you receive.

AND NEVER OPEN ANY. :-D

Yes they are all doing the rounds I don't even look at them just delete as soon as I see them. :-) Somebody must have overspent on Christmas and want a top up.

E-mails claiming to be from Barclays Bank are doing the rounds again, today must be the third I have received this week from this e-mail address:-

[email protected]

These e-mails are a phishing scam and are an attempt to obtain your personal banking details by telling you that they have temporarily disabled your online account because there were too many failed attempts to log in to your account. They ask you to follow a link to regain access to your online account.

Don't follow the link, forward the e-mail to [email protected] and then delete it.

Stay safe on line - remember your bank will never ask you in an e-mail to divulge your online banking details.