SCAM- be aware

[rivonia]

Just had an email. Supposedly from NATWEST telling me my online banking has been closed and therefore I would not be able to log in. It instructed me to log into a NWB log in number.

Instead I phoned the UK NWB fraud office. Good job I did. It was a scam. They told me to delete it, clear browsing history, close down and re-boot.

I then logged into NWB all OK

I was also told that they will not ever email me.

Please be aware.

By the way it all looked authentic on NATWEST Header Paper.

 

[Tony Cross]

All large banks email their clients by name. If the email doesn't have your name on it it's not legit.

 

[rivonia]

All large banks email their clients by name. If the email doesn't have your name on it it's not legit.

Tony, please read what I was told. They stated that they would never email me.

Cheers

 

[nickf]

Lounge?

 

[Rick_A]

Ive had this several times, and with 4 different banks named. Not once have the scammers sent me an email from my bank.

 

[PilotWolf]

Natwest email me every month to tell me statement is ready to view...

W.

 

[rivonia]

http://personal.natwest.com/global/security-centre/latest-threats.html

 

[Tony Cross]

Natwest email me every month to tell me statement is ready to view...

W.

Me too, with my name at the top.

 

[25931]

Likewise Paypal

 

[colind3782]

I get at least 10 phishing emails like this every day and have done for years. It doesn't matter how you arrange your spam filters they just get around it and I've learned to live with it.

 

[rivonia]

Mine was only the third time to get a financial type request. It was the first email from what we thought was NATWEST. We do only online banking hence they stated No emails ever to us.

Sorry for my abrupt approach Tony and others who do get proper emails from there banks.

 

[macd]

The originating e-mail address, assuming it was the same as the one I junked, was noreply@westplc.com
Patently not the sort of address NatWest would have, I'd suggest.

 

[Tony Cross]

Sorry for my abrupt approach Tony and others who do get proper emails from there banks.

No need to apologise, this heat is getting to all of us!