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TeddyThom
26-06-13, 12:59 PM
Anyone had one like this?

http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy173/teddythom/possiblescam_zps71f15c18.png (http://s789.photobucket.com/user/teddythom/media/possiblescam_zps71f15c18.png.html)

I don't have any accounts or anything from Co-op. I barely shop there to be honest.

Looks vaguely legit, but obviously I'm not stupid enough to open stuff like this, but I can't find the usual giveaways...

Opinions?

brainsnova
26-06-13, 01:03 PM
I don't get **** like that but just delete it

TeddyThom
26-06-13, 01:10 PM
I have deleted it now, also had a couple from "santander" (I don't bank with anyone else but NatWest, have done all my life) saying my account had been suspended due to three unsuccessful login attempts and also one from ebay about they were suspending my account due to fraud issues. Also had one saying I'd sent 60 odd quid to someone and they had been sent a notification to accept/decline. Also didn't open it, but I actually went back through my paypal history, to double check and nothing has come up there. Thankfully my googlemail is sh!t hot at detecting the spam links!

MK999
26-06-13, 01:13 PM
attachment is in HTML, not a PDF, so contains dodgy code, and the link provided won't be an official adobe one if you hover over it.

If you open up the full details the email address probably doesn't add up, and banks will never ask you to download software or provide the links to do so. Plus the fact as you said yourself, you don't have any accounts with co-op in the first place!

Fishier than a tuna's insides.

Iain
26-06-13, 01:36 PM
Don't have a bank account with Coop, get email about your bank account with Coop with dodgy attachment, wonder if legit.

http://www.myfacewhen.net/uploads/606-fry-meme.png

Benn
26-06-13, 01:38 PM
I don't have any accounts or anything from Co-op. I barely shop there to be honest.

Looks vaguely legit,

So you dont have an account, Or shop there? How the frig does it look "legit" then? Realy just think it though....

turbojolt
26-06-13, 02:14 PM
Open the attachement it will be fuunnyyyyy!!!!!

TeddyThom
27-06-13, 03:01 PM
Don't have a bank account with Coop, get email about your bank account with Coop with dodgy attachment, wonder if legit.

http://www.myfacewhen.net/uploads/606-fry-meme.png

lollollollol!!!


So you dont have an account, Or shop there? How the frig does it look "legit" then? Realy just think it though....

I meant as in the e-mail looks legit. I know that it isn't right, but that's only because I don't have anything with the co-op, you can imagine what someone would be thinking if they were with the co-op! Only trying to spread the word in case someone does bank with the co-op and f*cks up by clicking on it...

MK999
27-06-13, 03:23 PM
To be honest, that email looks about as legit as a Nigerian prince offering you his crown because you're a little bit African and didn't even notice. I could name 6 issues with that email straight away.

The problem is there are people that don't question every little detail, aren't aware of security, and unless you're going to start informing everyone en masse (Maybe a chain email!) then there will always be people that fall for it.

Jack
27-06-13, 03:41 PM
You cheat at scrabble! :mad:

Stuart
27-06-13, 05:29 PM
Its in spam... therfore the clue is in what google did with it ;)

I get them for all banks bar the one I actually use lol

TeddyThom
27-06-13, 06:04 PM
You cheat at scrabble! :mad:

Actually (not that you believe me lollol) I only use it to check the odd word here and there. Honest!

I don't want no :witch:

L14MNP
27-06-13, 06:28 PM
Via E-Mail is how I log into my PayPal account to update my personal information. :)