Barclays Email Scam ~BEWARE~

Ms_Underst00d · (#1 (**permalink**))

Not sure if this is the correct forums for this message so feel free to move it elsewhere.

I just received this

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Barclays Bank PLC. always look forward for the high security of our clients. During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, 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.
2. Submitting invalid information during the initial sign in process.

Due to this, you are requested to please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:

https://update.barclays.co.uk/olb/p/LoginMember.do

*Important*
We have asked few additional information which is going to be the part of secure login process. These additional information will be asked during your future login security so, please provide all these info completely and correctly otherwise due to security reasons we may have to close your account temporarily.

We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

J. S. Smith
Security Advisor
Barclays Bank PLC.

Im just reported it to Barclays.Its a fake.

They state on their website that they will include personal information in any correspondance and this doesnt even know my name lol.....

so if you do receive one please do not fall for it!!

MCP · (#2 (**permalink**))

Thanks for the heads up on this...niceone.gifniceone.gif

Ms_Underst00d · (#3 (**permalink**))

np

looks like theyve taken down the link now anyway niceone.gif

Prince Hakeem · (#4 (**permalink**))

LOL at 'Dear Sir/Madam'

When you see that you just know it's a fake. These people are jokers.

Miss Nellia · (#5 (**permalink**))

Ms_Underst00d wrote:

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Not sure if this is the correct forums for this message so feel free to move it elsewhere.

I just received this

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Barclays Bank PLC. always look forward for the high security of our clients. During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, 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.
2. Submitting invalid information during the initial sign in process.

Due to this, you are requested to please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:

https://update.barclays.co.uk/olb/p/LoginMember.do

*Important*
We have asked few additional information which is going to be the part of secure login process. These additional information will be asked during your future login security so, please provide all these info completely and correctly otherwise due to security reasons we may have to close your account temporarily.

We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

J. S. Smith
Security Advisor
Barclays Bank PLC.

All hightlighed in red is what would have given it away for me from the start. Grammatical errors, bogus web adress ext, and so on. I got one from Chase Manhattan Bank IN THE USA. I don't have a bank account in the USA. Silly people.

facetygal · (#6 (**permalink**))

Bank email scams have been going on for a while now, so nothing new there. I'll be doing a mystery shop on barclays tomorrow, so lets see how well they really do.

Miss Nellia · (#7 (**permalink**))

facetygal wrote:

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Bank email scams have been going on for a while now, so nothing new there. I'll be doing a mystery shop on barclays tomorrow, so lets see how well they really do.

What's a mystery shop??

facetygal · (#8 (**permalink**))

When you act like a normal customer but secretly you are marking them on everything they do. You go in with a scenario then when u come out u have to fill in a questionnaire and send it to the company your employed by. Yes you do get paid, I got offered two barclays mystery shop tomorrow but I can only do one

Miss Nellia · (#9 (**permalink**))

That sounds interesting!!! Are you going to pretend to be an irrate customer??? bighairlol

Ms_Underst00d · (#10 (**permalink**))

Miss Nellia wrote:

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https://update.barclays.co.uk/olb/p/LoginMember.do

Bogus web adress ext,

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The web address is the actual address for the barclays banking site, they used Java coding to make it go to a different site somehow.

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The first & most obvious give away for me was that the bank dont have my email address

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facetygal · (#11 (**permalink**))

Miss Nellia wrote:

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That sounds interesting!!! Are you going to pretend to be an irrate customer??? bighairlol

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Nah I went in and asked for info on their current accounts. Get a tenner for it so can't complain

Miss Nellia · (#12 (**permalink**))

Ms_Underst00d wrote:

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Miss Nellia wrote:

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https://update.barclays.co.uk/olb/p/LoginMember.do

Bogus web adress ext,

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The web address is the actual address for the barclays banking site, they used Java coding to make it go to a different site somehow.

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The first & most obvious give away for me was that the bank dont have my email address

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Seriously??? So how are the bogus people going to get the info if they haven't set up a bogus website address to trap the customers. I know the first part of the address is accurate but what about the rest of the extension???confused3 Hmmmmm interesting!!!

Ms_Underst00d · (#13 (**permalink**))

here is the actual link for barclays internet banking....

https://ibank.barclays.co.uk/olb/q/LoginMember.do

as you can see they just changed the P to a Q, I thought it was exactly the sameat first look.

its beyond me why they dont use their intelligence in a more productive way for all of us really