Just fell for the oldest trick - BEWARE !

[Drisgirl]

Got a couple of EMails from my credit card peeps advising I had mail.Clicked on link in EMail - the rest they say is history.

2K transferred from my account -thankfully cos of CC companies security they were suspicious and although the money is out my account I wont be accountable for it.

Police involved -think a lot fell for it.

I am mortified -I cant believe that I fell for it.

I just wanted to warn people that this seems to be a very active 'fraud' ongoing on a massive scale ATM.

Advice I got was -dont have any financial links on your tool bar -always access on line banking etc via WWW and not google and dont click links on EMails (guilty of all 3)

HTH anyone feeling as bleeding duped as me.

[karma22]

Oh no drisgirl! Poor you!

I don't get it. How did they get you're bank details just by you clicking on a link in your email?

[Sachs]

Aww dris! That's a sickener x

[karma22]

your bank details I mean

[squarebear]

Because she will have been silly enough to type them in. I find it hard to believe that people still fall for these scams after all the time they have been going round.

Hope you manage to sort it out Dris.

[whifffey]

Well good that you got through it. However massive the current onslaught, it doesn't change the one cardinal rule - your bank/cc company will NEVER NEVER NEVER ask you for your ID or password via email.

Safest way to manage money online is for you always to visit them, and type their URL into your address bar rather than saved favourites. If they want to message you they'll do it internally on their own secure website. For additional safety, do everything from Linux rather than Windows.

[leggysmesiah]

dris

i bet they knew at the bank right away it was a scam.




when did you ever spend 2 grand on pinot grigiot?





now if it was for smirnoff???


lol


glad it worked out ok doll.

nutter

[karma22]

Yes so do I squarebear.

Still feel for you all the same Dris. Its the schemers who are in the wrong.

[Rosetta]

Was it any particular named company Dris or did the Police say it could have been any.

Thanks for the warning. These con merchants are devious sods and are very credible.

Thank goodness the CC company will cover the amount

[whifffey]

No, they are not credible if you just remember.

YOUR BANK WILL NEVER REQUEST PERSONAL DETAILS VIA EMAIL.

How hard is this to understand. If it's an email it's a scam.

[Rosetta]

Whiff, there's no need to shout.

[welshlibranr]

Hi Drisgirl, Nearly happened to me just two days ago, I had an e mail from supposedly my bank telling me that my account needed to be reset???? I almost clicked the link to check, but thankfully the word 'message' had been spelt 'massage' in the e mail which made alarm bells ring, thankfully! I deleted the message immeadiately! I'll take your advice above in future.....................welsh

[whifffey]

Rosetta, 2 grand is worth raising one's voice for isn't it?

[Rosetta]

Not at me its not.

[daffy654]

Dris,you always come across as someone who is far too 'streetwise' to fall for this sort of scam!
I'm glad you aren't going to lose out finacially though.

[whifffey]

Rosetta I wasn't shouting at you directly, how about if I had shouted "ONE'S BANK"?

[Drisgirl]

What happened was that when I clicked on the link an absolute double of the website came up -I really didnt have any apparent reason to be suspicious but as it happens it was a website that th fraudsters had replicated down to a tee -the only time alarm bells should have rung was when I had to type my details in 3 times -they didnt ring and this is the outcome.

I thought I was savvy but it can happen to the best of us -it is a sickener though.

[jake-the-peg]

Just to clarify what Whiffey said

THESE SCAMS DO NOT ASK FOR YOUR PASSWORDS

you click on a link and think you are logging on normally.

You aren't.

The website looks like your bank's

The URL looks like your banks

It's a fake website. They take your details and then log you on genuinely or pretend you've mis-entered a password and redirect you.

Never click on a link in a mail even if it looks right ( and it will)

Always enter your bank's URL by hand in your browser

[jackthehat]

If you try to access any of the other links shown on the page, e.g. Investments, Security, you will find that these don't work. Roll your cursor over them and it becomes apparent that there is only the one page that has been constructed.
Usually the url is iffy [email protected] or similar.
I agree with Whifffey on this..........

[karma22]

Ah right Dris. Well in that case I can understand how people can fall for that one.

Thanks for the warning!

[Drisgirl]

I agree with everyone on this -I cant begin to tell you what a fool I feel.Ive thought of nothing else.

I am glad that at least out of me broadcasting my stupidity that others will think twice.

I cant tell you how many times I have deleted EMails which were probably genuine -I have always been so careful but just once I wasnt and this the outcome.

My arse has been severley booted by myself for being conned.

O and yeah to reiterate all the brilliant advice -always use the URL (if thats what you call the WWW).