An Email with the Subject "Barclays Annual Account Verification And Security Update" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:43:35 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as Barclays Bank Plc <customer-alert@barclays.co.uk>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
Dear Customer,
It has come to our attention
that your Online account informations
needs to be updated as part
of our continuing commitment
to protect your account
and to reduce the instance
of fraud on our website.
If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online
experience and update your billing records so that you
will not run into any future problems with our
online banking
service.
However, failure this will result in account suspension
http://www.nationwide.co.uk/update
Barclays Bank Plc
Security Advisor
Barclays Bank PLC.
Please
do not reply to
this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be
answered.
For assistance, log in to your Barclays Internet
Bank
account and choose
the "Help" link on any page.
Barclays Email ID # 1009