Scam - beware of e-mails from "your bank"

[Lush]

Here's the story....

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

Best one I had was some bloke from Manchester who said he had fallen on hard times so he was asking for money to be sent to his PO Box!

Love it! No messing about, just a "send me money please" plea!

Think I'll try that too!

 

[Citrus]

I got one from some guy in the Ivory Coast who had $2.25m that he wanted to keep in my bank account. He was going to give me 10%...

 

[Van der Gully]

I have had a few like that from Nigeria, gather it is a fairly common occurrence.

Somewhat surprisingly I have also had several offers of marriage, nearly wrote back saying that if I was ever inclined to do so I would bear them in mind.

 

[Yorkie]

This one Lush has linked to is different

It was on the news this morning. The email is from Barclays and contains a link to a fake Barclays website which has all the right logos etc.

It then asks you to fill in your logging details exactly as you would when entering Online Banking.

It only appears to be Barclays customers at present.

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

Barclays Online banking hasn't worked for weeks so I wouldn't even bother trying it if they did get in touch!

Anyone else have problems with Barclays Online or is it just me?

 

[mk_bha]

if you bank with barclays - you deserve to be mugged off.

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

Barclays have been fine to me since I joined last year. It was HSBC who screwed me over. "No sir, you can't have a £200 extention to your overdraft to tide you over till your first pay packet, depsite the fact you have all manner of proof of the fact you will be paid next month." So says some stupid little bitch in the Eastbourne branch who seemed to think she was a school teacher talking to a naughty pupil. Wouldn't have minded but she was thick as pig shit, twice as ugly and at leat two years my junior. F*cked me right up it did, so much so I walked straight over the road and changed banks.

And relax...

 

[Yorkie]

if you bank with barclays - you deserve to be mugged off.

I have banked with Barclays for 34 years and never had a problem with them

 

[Juan Albion]

This one Lush has linked to is different

It was on the news this morning. The email is from Barclays and contains a link to a fake Barclays website which has all the right logos etc.

It then asks you to fill in your logging details exactly as you would when entering Online Banking.

It only appears to be Barclays customers at present.

This is the same scam as one that has been going around here for months, except for me it has been from 'eBay' and 'PayPal' supposedly. Very clever looking, but you would have to be a fool to fall for something that asks for all those details...

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The Barclays branch at Preston Circus is full of staff and customers who look at you as if you'd hired a Pond Life costume from the Fancy Dress shop down the road. It was only that I'd committed to sponsoring a couple of acres of Butters' kit and owed Bozza some dosh that stopped me from running out of the place. Disgusting people.

And... relax

 

[Yorkie]

Barclays Online banking hasn't worked for weeks so I wouldn't even bother trying it if they did get in touch!

Anyone else have problems with Barclays Online or is it just me?

I use it everyday Cheshire nothing wrong with it so may be you?

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

It might be my cache on my PC. I'll wipe my chace and have another go. Are you able to cancel standing orders and direct debits through it?

 

[Rougvie]

Barclays have been fine to me since I joined last year. It was HSBC who screwed me over. "No sir, you can't have a £200 extention to your overdraft to tide you over till your first pay packet, depsite the fact you have all manner of proof of the fact you will be paid next month." So says some stupid little bitch in the Eastbourne branch who seemed to think she was a school teacher talking to a naughty pupil. Wouldn't have minded but she was thick as pig shit, twice as ugly and at leat two years my junior. F*cked me right up it did, so much so I walked straight over the road and changed banks.

And relax...

after all that sounds like you need a rather large dose of hardcore pornography sir

 

[Yorkie]

Are you able to cancel standing orders and direct debits through it?

Yes you can

 

[coach03]

I have banked with Barclays for 34 years and never had a problem with them

I banked with Barclays 30 years ago and had three problems in 11 months......... so now I don't bank with Barclays...........and haven't done for 29 years and 1 month !