Halifax = BEWARE this one

[Fourdents]

Not the usual format to address customers !

Thanks to a lot of villa owners posting I am now more "cautious" and can spot a scam better than I used to . [msnsmile]


Dear Esteemed Customer,

This is an important Halifax bank security update


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This is an outbound only message, any queries sent to this email address cannot be answered.


Kind regards,
Halifax Secure

[mfairhurst]

We do not answer these as none of our banks e-mail us about anything so it is only a scam [msnmad]
MAUREEN
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[lafifille]

Same with Paypal: if you get a legitimate e-mail from Paypal, it will always include your full name. All others, no matter how realistic (these guys are good [msnwink]), are scams.

[mistert]

Since when did Halifax regard their customers as 'esteemed'?! You have to laugh don't you.

Glad your learning curve is levelling out now Linda!

[Madabouttigger]

I got a phone call from Barclay Card, it was a sales pitch to try and get me to take out an insurance with them, but in order to continue they had to ask me security questions. As I hadn't contacted them I refused to answer them, and stated if I need to speak with them, I would ring direct. The guy on the other end of the phone got really confused because I wouldn't answer his security questions and ended up putting the phone down!!

[Albert the Frog]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Madabouttigger
I got a phone call from Barclay Card, it was a sales pitch to try and get me to take out an insurance with them, but in order to continue they had to ask me security questions. As I hadn't contacted them I refused to answer them, and stated if I need to speak with them, I would ring direct. The guy on the other end of the phone got really confused because I wouldn't answer his security questions and ended up putting the phone down!!
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agree with you 100% they ring me and then start to ask security questions-i don't think so-it could be worse they could hide behind the data protection act that they don't understand!

[another]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Albert the Frog
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Madabouttigger
I got a phone call from Barclay Card, it was a sales pitch to try and get me to take out an insurance with them, but in order to continue they had to ask me security questions. As I hadn't contacted them I refused to answer them, and stated if I need to speak with them, I would ring direct. The guy on the other end of the phone got really confused because I wouldn't answer his security questions and ended up putting the phone down!!
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agree with you 100% they ring me and then start to ask security questions-i don't think so-it could be worse they could hide behind the data protection act that they don't understand!
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Agree totally! I don't see why I have to prove who I am when they call my home phone - they should prove who they are!

[SDJ]

I think the scammers are now using most banks names to try and get info from us. We have spams from Barclays, Halifax, Nat West..to name but a few. I don't even open them, just delete them.

[Jill]

Had Talk Talk ring me recently to let me know how I could 'enhance my experience with Boosts'. She got very cross when I let her know she was not supposed to cold call me as I had signed the form to that effect and under no circumstances would I give her any security details. When she said she needed me to tell her who my direct debit was with, so she obviously was not listening to what I said, I told her I wanted her bank details first so I could ring her bank and check with them she was who she said she was. At that point she hung up - so I hope she got the message.

[becbecs]

Weve had two of these from the Halifax this morning asking to verify our Bank details. We do get at least 1 per week but the Bank seems to change each time.

Haven't these fruadsters got anything better to do.

Most people should know by now and the Banks remind us often enough that no Bank would ask you to verify your account details from an email.