LLyods TSB email received - seems a little odd?

[Davie]

I suspect I know the answer already, however just received two identical emails within 5 minutes of each other which read:


Dear Customer,

On Sept. 27, 2011, LLoydsTSB Bank reported a problem with your bank account ending in 3960.

Until the issue is resolved, you cannot use this bank account with LLoydsTSB Bank to send or receive payments, or to withdraw money. Please follow instructions to resolve this problem.

LL100905

Yours sincerely,

LLoydsTSB Bank

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your LLoyds account and click the Help link in the top right corner of any LLoyds page.

Copyright . 1999-2011 LLoydsTSB Bank Limited. All rights reserved.


The "LL100905" is a clicky link which opens up in the (or what appears to be) llyods TSB internet banking login page.

I don't bank with said company, never have, never will and nor are any of the details contained relevant, nor have I entered any details in the login screen. Just a spam email to direct traffic to their bonefide site or perhaps something a little more involved?

Any thoughts?

[Steffan]

It is` a scam. The clue is you have no account with the bank. Bin it.

[Davie]

Steffan said:

It is` a scam. The clue is you have no account with the bank. Bin it.

Yup, suspectd that within the first few seconds, just expected the clickly link to take me to donkey porn or a site for buying blue pills from Nigeria or something along those lines rather than what appears to be a legit LLyods login in screen.

Has since been binned.

Cheers!

[Sheets Tabuer]

You shouldn't have clicked the link

[PurpleMoonlight]

I've had three today supposedly from Halifax along the same lines, and of course I have no Halifax account.

Do people really fall for these even if they happen to bank with the organisation?

If so they must be really stupid.

[Steffan]

Sheets Tabuer said:

You shouldn't have clicked the link

That is absolutely correct.


Never open such emails, never respond, never reply.

There is always the danger of a trojan link or other virus infection.

[Steffan]

PurpleMoonlight said:

I've had three today supposedly from Halifax along the same lines, and of course I have no Halifax account.

Do people really fall for these even if they happen to bank with the organisation?

If so they must be really stupid.

I suppose they must: I get these every day but I do use my email on the web a lot advising clients etc.

Get a good anti virus program and never open an email from an unknown source.

[Davie]

Steffan said:

That is absolutely correct.


Never open such emails, never respond, never reply.

There is always the danger of a trojan link or other virus infection.

Clean up squad have had a check just in case...!

Cheers