The latest round of scams involves a bogus email from an established High Street Bank (eg Lloyds) alerting recipients of an attempt to access their personal bank accounts through an unrecognised device. It then goes on to ask for account details in order to ‘validate’ and unlock the account.
Readers can be absolutely assured that this is a scam and all they are interested in is gaining your bank details in order to empty the contents of your account.
Click Security Alert to see an example ‘scam’ email.
Banks would never contact customers by email asking for such information and any such approach should be disregarded.
Incidents of scams can be reported to Action Fraud at http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/ or call 0300 123 2040.
Cllr Darren Wise
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