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| Published: 23rd June 2008 09:26 |
Bank scams
A number of Community Contact members have received emails claiming to be from banks, namely Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Nat West. These emails state that if the recipient doesn't reactivate or reply to the message their account will be suspended unless they respond. This is nonsense, banks and building societies NEVER ask for account information and generally will not send emails to account holders. In general the only time you will receive an email from your bank/building society will be about viewing an on line statement and all of the emails state that you can not reply. There fore if you receive an email of this sort asking for account details delete it. Quite often the recipient doesn't even have an account.
American holiday scam
A member of the Community Contact has emailed in to say that they received a phone call from a company stating that they had won an all inclusive holiday to Florida, (the carrot). The call appeared genuine but the caller was pressuring the recipient to ‘confirm' their credit card details before they could continue. The recipient wisely refused, the caller claimed they would lose their job (emotional blackmail, don't fall for it) if they were to give out the details for the recipient to confirm. The recipient held fast and the caller terminated the call. NEVER give out your details to anyone who simply rings you offering you something tempting, even if there is a big carrot on the end of the stick, lets stay with this metaphor - you'll never receive the carrot but instead get hit with the stick. Don't do it.
Pin reversal at cash points
I have been informed about this on a number of occasions. Essentially there are emails floating around, getting into people's inboxes claiming that if you were to enter your pin number into a cash point in reverse the Police will be called automatically to aid you if you were ever to be held up by a robber who was demanding money from you at the cash point. Although a great idea, that is all it is, an idea. Pin reversal at the present time does not work. Do not pass this message on, it's misinformation.
