An Email with the Subject "Compulsory Online Banking Security Update" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:42:03 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as Nationwide Bulding Society Online <onlineservice@secure.nationwide.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.
We're totally committed to protecting you when you use our online banking service. As you may know, internet security technology is very good these days. We confirm the identity of customers through the use of multiple security credentials that have been designed in accordance with financial industry standards and best practice. Furthermore, any information sent between you and
Nationwide when using the Nationwide online service uses strong industry-standard security technology.
As a part of our ongoing commitment to provide the "Best Possible" service and Protection to all our Members this
year, we are now requiring each member to validate their accounts
using our new secure and safe SSL servers. To
validate your online banking account
click on