Bank Scams

I have a lot of emails about problems with my RBS account......quite remarkable, considering that I don't have a RBS account.

Me too - plus ones from Barclays, NatWest and all the others I don't have an account with! 

i get them all the time on my business E-mail account, also invoices from companys iv'e never dealt with

Scams abound on the web. Many people are aware of them but  unfortunately many are not. The thing to do is never to open them or if you do,  never open a link that they have sent. Delete them immediately. Receiving and opening emails from your 'trusted' contacts is the way to protect yourself. 

Emails are 'free' to send and these fraudsters can send tens if not hundreds of thousands out. It only takes a few to seccumb and sadly the scum are in profit, possibly to the tune of tens of thousands of pounds! 

Never ever forward emails like this to banks to make them aware as they already know and also there could be a trojan or other nasties that could attack your computer - beware

If you do forward it - no need to open, just forward as an attachment

Never ever forward emails like this to banks to make them aware as they already know and also there could be a trojan or other nasties that could attack your computer - beware

You send them to bank security, if you goggle that they will give you an email address to send them to.  Bank security then deconstruct them to try and work out where they are coming from.  

Reply from RBS when I forwarded them a copy of the scam mail

Thank you for reporting a suspected phishing email.

We take your online security seriously. We investigate every RBS phishing email reported to us, even if we can’t personally reply to you each time. We always take action against phishing attacks that impersonate our brand to target you. We use emails like the one you have sent us, along with other methods, to find and remove phishing websites wherever they are located.

Phishing emails are usually sent to a large and random selection of email addresses. Fraudsters often acquire these email addresses from sometimes genuine sources, such as marketing firms or online newsletters, as well as less genuine methods. This means customers who bank with us, as well as those who don’t, will probably receive a RBS phishing email from time to time.

Remember, we will never ask for full PIN, full password, or security codes from card readers or security devices at logon or over the phone.

Please do not click on any links or open any attachments in the suspicious email you have reported to us. We advise you to delete it from your mailbox.

Contact us immediately if you think have provided any personal information as a result of responding to a suspicious RBS email, or suspect your RBS accounts have been accessed by someone other than yourself. You will find our contact details by clicking ‘Support’ then ‘Get In Touch’ at rbs .co.uk, where you will also find contact information for other customer service or account related queries. For your own security, we are unable to discuss your query or account query through this mailbox.

Here is a new one to me, AGL an Australian Energy Company advising me of paperless billing!!!!  Its asking me to click on a link to view my bill 469 aussie dollars  Have sent a copy with email address to the Company