phishing emails

October 2, 2011 4:08am CST
I keep getting emails in my spam box from banks eg HSBC, Lloyds saying my online bannking account with them is unsafe. I find this very odd as I do not have a account with either of these banks. I opened the link they sent to see where it takes me to and its a fake site I then reported these emails to the banks. I was wondering is anyone else getting emails like these?
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8 responses
• Canada
4 Oct 11
Yes, I get them all the time and I also don't have accounts with those banks! It pays in having other email addresses. When receiving those kind of email msg to my other email address, I report them and delete that msg. Even if I receive those email msg to current email address supposely from bank in which I have account and they asked update my account, I also report them and delete that msg. I recall receiving an email supposly from my phone company suggesting payment was not successfull and link wasn't from the phone company. Since I knew I actually paid phone company, I suspected phishing right there! I reported it and ignore that msg! I hope this help!
@2wicelot (2945)
3 Oct 11
I get those fishy emails too from supposedly from those banks. Even today I got one from Halifax and they always say the same thing. They need you to provide your details to secure your account or something of that nature. But how can I get an email from a bank that I have no account with. These days I don't even bother opening the emails I just delete them straight away.
3 Oct 11
Get them all the time. Most of them go into my junk folder. I am not sure how some people fall for them as some ask for your pin number and I thought everyone knows you never give anyone your pin
@alicia812 (646)
• Australia
2 Oct 11
This is a very common spam email. I get lots of them. I simply delete them as spam and not even bother to read them. I think reporting them to the banks is a good idea so they can warn their clients and make their bank accounts security tighter.
• United States
2 Oct 11
I see these every once in awhile, but I know they're fake because my bank or any bank will never ask you for your information because they have it in their own computers. Also, if you check the email address it probably has nothing to do with your bank.
2 Oct 11
Its fake do not repond to them.
@gerald_lian (2188)
• Australia
2 Oct 11
I get them all the time in my email spam box too. Interestingly, most of these phising emails are from banks from Malaysia (my home country) when I have already moved to live and work in Australia and hence have cancelled all my bank accounts in Malaysia! I've reported these phising sites time and again, but sad to say these emails still come in torrents into my spam box..... Well, I guess I'll just have to keep deleting them as they come in.....
• Indonesia
2 Oct 11
That's why giving e-mail to someone you don't know is sometimes very dangerous. It's good to hear that you know it's phising mail and don't give them what they want. I used to get a lot of phising mails, but it's not something serious like banking account.