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Alliance & Leicester scam.
coozer - 29/10/07 at 05:21 PM

I've recieved this email from 'Alliance & Leiciester bank.
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Dear Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank Customer,

This email is to confirm that you have successfully changed your online Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank profile. If you did not make any change, please contact Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank Service immediately by accessing your online account and going to your secure message box.

You can access your profile logging in to the online banking by clicking the following link:

Click here to access your online profile

Thank you for using Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank !

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DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT US.
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NOW THEN! I dont have an account with them! Has anyone else had this or know who I can report it too???

pewe - 29/10/07 at 05:26 PM

I just wing them off to: suspiciousemails@alliance-leicester.co.uk
not that they reply but a least there is the chance it may give the scrotes a bit of aggro.
Cheers, Pewe

blakep82 - 29/10/07 at 05:28 PM

well, it does say don't reply to the email, but phone them... makes me think its not a scam.

you don't bank with them though, looks sus.

there is a way to check where an email came from, i forget just now though... 'view email header' or something in if using outlook

mr henderson - 29/10/07 at 06:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
well, it does say don't reply to the email, but phone them... makes me think its not a scam.

you don't bank with them though, looks sus.



Definitely a scam. I do bank with A&L and this is not the sort of thing they do. What the scammers want the victim to do is not to reply to the email, but to get on to the scam website they are trying to make llook like the A&L one("Click here to access your online profile" ), and enter their PINs etc

[Edited on 29/10/07 by mr henderson]

Grimsdale - 29/10/07 at 08:34 PM

yeah, there are many a scam like this, i regularly see scams for all banks in my spam mail. I don't know if i have ever received a genuine email from a bank account, i am not sure if they ever do send emails. If anyone is in any doubt, ring them up from a number on their website