Warning to UK residents.

I have had so many of these through my inbox now that I am getting fed up of them. Some of the emails do look authentic though, so it's very important to know how to tell the difference between those and the real ones. If I got anything like that, the first thing that I would do would be go to their website (not following any links for the email, though) and ringing their call center and finding out if the email was legitimate or not. When most people get emails like that, their first instinct is to delete them. It is a much better idea to go to the police and take them your computer to have a look at. They will be able to find out just where the email has come from, and would be able to talk to whoever sent it, and take them to court if they had stolen any money from anybody.

Hiya chem, Up to now no thank goodness. I just throw them in the trash bin no questions asked. The same as the Paypal ones they go straight to the Trash. Also "you have won this that and the other" things. If before I might have looked them over now they don´t get one chance I don´t bother reading them either. I think that they will write to me by Letter and that´s it.

Hi Oldchem, I get emails like this all the time, especially from banks I don't even bank with and a false paypal one too. If I ever do getan email like this I never reply from the email I go into the website to check as like you say they look very realistic. Huggles. Ellie :D

I nearly got caught out the same way with a Paypal scam. They copy the log in page/site pages with ease, but surely there's a way for the legitimate sites to block this?

The Inland Revenue would just send a cheque if that was the case (they have all your details already if you are paying tax). I used to get some supposedly from banks but I don't bank on line and they were rarely my bank anyway.

I would suggest that we get to meet with some of these 'nice' people for a discussussion over the very lucrative benefits that they are willing to share with us. A joint forum would be great so that we can discuss the benefits that they could bestow. A number of us could attend the gathering with an association of traditional English barbs. This may be lost on some of our foriegn friends. It's an Oak insert with reverse sharply cut fronds. I think you and I now where to put it. Start with senior bankers?