Is there anything unpleasant I can send back to these b*****S?

[mariner2]

Every day I get a pile of "LLoyd's/Halifax/NatWest security update" emails I mark them as junk and delete them but back they come the next day.
I am tempted to reply to them in language that involves heavy usage of the letters F and C, but as this only confirms to them that my email address is valid there's no point.
Is there anything alse I can do?

[Ethel]

Also they won't be read, as they are scanned by a computer for the information they want, so pointless.

You can forward them to the banks concerned if you want to.

Or get another email address.

[SlackAlice]

With the Halifax I wrote to them and opted out of everything except for postal bank statements. Worked :)

[VillageVicar]

This may be a dangerous step, as it could block important wanted mail: but you could block the email address by going to : Tools +Internet Options + Privacy+Sites and add the address to your 'restricted' site list...

But a caveat, if you rely on other mail from the bank, this 'could' block that as well.

I wish you success

Fr Bill

[plowter]

If you can't opt out of the emails, try setting up a rule to put all emails from these senders into a 'bulk email' folder. That way your Inbox will contain (mostly!) emails from friends. You can check the bulk email folder once a week or so in case there's anything important.

[Ethel]

I thought these were spoofs!

[mariner2]

They are not spoofs, they are sent by scumbags trying to get gullible people to put their bank details in.

[Pippa68]

I think that is what we define as a spoof email.

[Ethel]

Those are spooofs, then. Phishing email withe spoof sender details.

[VillageVicar]

Mariner, if these are spoofs or 'phishing' mail, please do be aware of the consequences. By no means should you ever answer them. All that happens in this instance is that you confirm that your email address is active and valid.

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I wish you every success

Fr Bill

[jno]

your email account is probably 'free' but the price you pay (as with ordinary snail mail) is getting junk you don't want. Mark it as spam if you have the option, notify the banks if you wish, and delete. It happens to everyone.

[CB Admin]

Use 'Mailwasher' to bounce them back as undelivered mail. That way, they think your email address doesn't exist.

[Kos]

You'll find it virtually impossible to add the emails to your 'Blocked Senders' List as, if you look at them, every Sender's email address is different- they are very rarely the same, so you'll be blocking email addresses that will never be used again.
Another tip for identiying these scammers is that if the email is not adressed to you personally and says something like 'Dear Customer' or 'Dear Customer of ...' it is a scammer. All legitimate emails should address you personally.