Lloyds TSB & Spam

[auzzie]

Not sure where to post this question. It is one of finance & technology!!
I have had a bank account with Lloyds TSB for over 20 years. At first it was my main bank account but all that goes in there now is my child allowance. I have access to other bank/credit card accounts online and have never had a problem with spam emails. In fact i have never had a problem with spam, full stop. However, My Lloyds TSB account was the only one that i hadn't registered online. So i did just that. Since being registered (one week) i have had three spam emails for Lloyds TSB asking to update my details. Of course i have done nothing and just deleted them. I have attempted to phone LLoyds technical department a few times today and i always got an engaged tone. My question is this. IF, Lloyds say that their site is very secure, how did the spammers know i had a Lloyds account? I have never had this with any of my other accounts? How secure is it?

[dzug]

They didn't know you had a Lloyds account. These things are sent out randomly.

I don't have a Lloyds account = I've still had one of these e-mails.

[auzzie]

It just puzzles me that out of all my bank accounts i have online (and have had them for a couple of years). The only spam i get is from LLoyds who i had just registered with. Just seems too much of a coincidence to be random!

[Wellard]

IF they are asking for you details, then it is a Spoof e-mail phishing at random. I think you have to accept that this really is a conincidence - just as they send out countless number of these emails one of them must reach a newly registered genuine customer. Pass it on to [email protected]

[Everhelpful]

I would do as Wellard suggests,although you are right to Delete them without opening them.

[auzzie]

Thanx everybody.
Wellard, who or what is millersmiles?

[Wellard]

By the way, just in case you - or anyone reading - has an account with Co-Operative Bank I have recently sterted receiving phishing emails with a new twist. I do not have a co-op account so immediately was on guard but I do suspect that many people did fall for it. The e-mail says that you are eligible for a pay-out from Co-Op Bank to the tune of around �75. Now, I think that the dozens of fake messages I get regularly promising Millions are a dead give-away - but as I have contended before, make it a smaller reasonable sum and people will be more inclined to fall for it. Naturally this would not work with other banks (now that would be a laugh,) but co-op being mutual it would be feasible.

[Wellard]

Re: MillerSmiles - I looked up LloydsTSB reporting site and millersmiles seems to be a central agency covering most banks. I am always passing on emails to [email protected] as well as spoof@ebay & spoof@paypal and have also passed on to millersmiles several times.