failure of a scam

[mollykins]

Well that's a failure of a scam.

Halifax sent me an email telling me that access to my online account with them has been suspended due to a mismatch of information and that I should follow a link to enter my details to fix this.

BUT I don't even have an account with halifax let alone an online one!

[ChuckFickens]

Yeah, but if they send out 2million of them they are bound to get a few people that do have halifax accounts.

[36TEAK36]

Would you have clicked the link if you had an online Halifax account?

[redcrx]

No bank would ever email and ask you to give details online like that.

remember this for the times when you get an email from the bank that you do use

[mollykins]

No teak, especially considering the email address is clearly not of the banks and i know that they don't ask for info like that over the net. Plus if I did get a similar message from my bank, I'd try logging on first.

[milly143]

I had the same e-mail and as I have never banked with Halifax I left it in the junk folder where it was. My own bank never sends e-mails and if they did I would still direct them to junk. Sadly there are some people who will be fooled by it, no matter how many times you are told the warnings.

[alexanderd]

I usually just forward them to the bank involved

[society]

Always knew you had your head on your shoulder, Molls.