Found one in my inbox when I got to work today.
Ther give-away is that it starts "If you bank with Nationwide".
We don't.
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HJ, thanks for the warning.
I do hope this doesn't put anyone off banking with Nationwide. I have, and have had, accounts with several banks and building societies and, in my experience, Nationwide is by far the best in almost all most respects. If they would 'up' their interest rates slightly for electronic banking I would close my other accounts!
Sorry for the 'plug' but they deserve some positive publicity to counteract the nuisance that the scam must be causing. Incidentally, I have no absolutely connection with Nationwide other than as a satisfied customer.
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more at
www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/26/phishing_scams/
" Money Box spoke to one woman, Andrea from Cleveland [tonyblairland], who had lost £6,000 from her account after falling for a phishing scam. "You just feel so stupid. You feel that you have been taken in by a con that should have been glaringly obvious," she said.
A spokeswoman for APACS explained that UK bank customers have not being held liable for money siphoned out of accounts as a result of phishing attacks. "Banks have taken the loss," she said. "
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I've had a few of these from Natwest too, which is funny as I don't bank with them!!
I never did like (ph)ishing as sport!
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Ditto Barclays, Halifax and, interestingly, eBay!
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Apart from the many scams where the name and logo of genuine banks are used there are many sites that are bogus. Clearly they come and go quickly but attached is a list that was current a few days ago.
THE Fraud Squad list of internet banks and financial firms:
Africa Amalgamated Banks Corporation (www.aabcorp.com)
Allied Africa Bank Corporation (www.alliedafribankcorp.com)
Allied Chartered Bank/Allied Scottish Bank (www.alliedchartered.com)
Allied Trust Merchant Bank (www.atmb.co.uk)
Amalgamated Banks of Africa Corporation (www.abacfcorp.com)
Andros Bank of Investmen (www.atlanticreditnominees.com)
Bank of Africa (www.banqueafrique.com)
Banqueinternationale (www.banqueinternationale.co.nz)
Banque Afrique (www.banqueafrique.com)
Banque Nationale (www.banquedenationale.com)
Bloomberg Bank (www.bloombergbank.com)
British Investment Trust* Bank (www.britishinvesttrust.com)
Bromwich Albion Bank (www.bromwichalbion.com)
City Express Bank (www.cityexpress.org )
Commercial Express Bank SA (www.commercialexpressbank.net)
Commercial Trust Bank (www.commercial-trust-bank.com)
Continental Credit Union Bank (www.ccub.com)
Continental Trust Brokers (www.continentaltrustbank.net)
Credit Commercial Bank SA (www.creditcommercialbanking.org)
Creditfinancial (www.creditfinancial.org)
Credit-Trustees Bank (www.credit-trustees.com)
Diamond Banking & Finance Group (www.dbfg.net)
Dominium Finance & Investment (www.dominiumfinace.com)
Effexbank (www.effexbank.com)
Equatorial Trust Bank (www.etbltd.com)
Equity Investment (www.equityinvestment.org)
Euro Direckt Bank (www.eurodireckt.com)
Ferrari Investments (www.ferrarinvestments.com)
Fethard Finance (www.fethard.biz)
Fidelity Union Trust Bank (www.fidelityuniontrust.com)
Financial Securities (www.financialsecurities.org.uk)
First Allied International Bond* Bank (www.faibb.com)
First Atlantic (www.firstatlantictrust.com)
First Chartered Bank (www.firstcharteredbankltd.com)
First Corporate Clearing House (www.fcchonl)
First Trust Bank (www.firsttrustbank.net)
First Union Trust (www.firstuniontrust.com)
Firstdirectbanking (www.firstdirectbanking.com)
FX Finance Investment Solutions (www.fxfinance.co.uk)
Global Link Cash Change UK (www.globallinkscashxchangeltd.com)
Globe Trust Bank (www.globetrustbank.com)
Guarantee Finance & Security (www.gfsecurity.com)
HFPC Finance (www.hfpcfinance.com)
I Capital Bank (www.icapitalbank.com)
IMK Bank (www.imkbank.com)
Inter Trade Bank (www.intertradebank.com)
Inter-Merchant Bank (www.inter-merchantbank.com)
International Credit Bank ( www.internationalcreditbank.com)
International Investment Bank (www.internationalinvestmentbank.com)
International Mercantile Bank (www.imbgroup.co.uk)
International Park Merchant Bank (www.inter-parkbank.com)
Kapital Trust Bank (www.kapitaltrustbank.com)
Meridian Trust Bank (www.meridiantrustbank.com)
Metropolitan Mercantile Trust Bank (www.mmt-b.com)
Mainland Finance (www.mfinc-online.co.uk)
Mainland Investment Trust Bank (www.mainlandinvesttrustbank.com)
Nat Merchant Bank (www.natmbank.com)
National Trust Bank (www.standardfinancialtrust.org)
National Leicester Bank ( www.nlbuk.com)
Nations Merchant Bank (www.nat-merc.com)
Ocean Capital Financewww.oceancapitalfinancial.com)
Ocean Diplomatic Securities & Finance (www.oceandipfinsec.com)
Ocean Pacific Merchant Bank (www.opbanking.com)
Oceanic Finance Corporation (www.oceanicfinance.com)
Offshore Bonds & Creditors Trust (UK) (www.offshorebondandcreditors.com)
Offshore Creditors (www.offshorecreditors.com)
Orient Trust Finance (www.orienttrustfinance.com)
Origin Merchant Bank (www.originmerbank.com)
Pan Mercantile Bank (www.panmercantile-bank.com)
Pan National Bank (www.pannationalbank.com)
Paramount Bank (www.paramount.net)
Pinnacle Finance (www.pinnaclefinance.net)
Platinium Trust Security Services (www.platiniumtrust.com)
Royal Equity Bank (www.royalequitybank.com)
Secure Escrow* (www.secure-escrowonline.com)
South African Apex Bank (www.saapexbank.com)
Sovereign International Finance (www.sovfin.com)
Standard Credit International (www.standardfinancialtrust.org)
Swiss Net Bank (www.snetb-ag.net)
The Capossos Bank (www.thecapossosbank.com)
Trans-Diplomatic Corps Bank (www.trans-diplomaticcorpbank.com)
Union Center National Bank (www.ucnbk.com)
Universal Allianc (www.unialliance.com)
Universal Trust Finance Services (www.unittrustfinance.com)
Vanguard Trust Bank (www.vanguardtrust.com)
VIP Financial Bank Group (www.vipfbg.com)
Virtual Securities & Finance (www.virtualfinanceweb.com)
World Finance Direct (www.worldfinancedirect.com)
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These 'banks' are often a favourite with the Nigerian Scam letter brigade. They write to you (after you've built up a good relationship) and they invite you to look at the £10,000,000 sitting in the account, which you can then see. They then ask you to pay in £5,000 (release fee) which you can do by wire, and then see it sitting in the account as well. Oh and then some more money... and some more... Some of these look really good too.
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I think this thread has gone far enough. You have been warned about the scams, don't fall for them.
I'm not sure how many times people need telling about the "nigerian" scams or the "give me your bank/credit card details" scams, but given the number of fools still falling for it, I guess that point hasn't been reached.
Nonetheless, this is a motoring forum and whilst I shall leave it here for reference, it really isn't the approriate place for discussion.
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