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Paul Browning
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1006
From: West Midlands United Kingdom
Registered: Aug 2011

posted April 22, 2015 01:31 PM

Has anyone else received an email about confirmation of there bank account details, and the veiled threat of limited use and access to there accounts ?. Looking closely at the email, suggests to me that the it has been typed by hand as some of the words are jumbled together, and maybe by someone who does not speak English as a first language. I have not responded to this until I can speak in person to them, be careful everyone.

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Dominique De Bast
Film God

Posts: 4486
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted April 22, 2015 01:35 PM

I always ignore e-mails like that, for the reason you mentionned : there are language mistakes (in French in my case) that suggest these messages don't come from your bank. My bank has my phone number anyway (but never give any information by phone as you don't know who's calling you) in cas of emergency.

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

Posts: 5895
From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted April 23, 2015 02:25 AM

If you wish to be sure about this I would suggest you personally visit your bank to seek assurance that everything is in order.

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Maurice

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David Guest
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1704
From: Lancashire, UK
Registered: Oct 2011

posted April 23, 2015 02:55 AM

once you have signed up for paypal ,they never never ask for your details again .

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Vidar Olavesen
Film God

Posts: 2232
From: Sarpsborg, Norway
Registered: Nov 2012

posted April 23, 2015 04:23 AM

And they never write Dear Customer, which is what stated in those spam mails I got. Tjey always use your accounts email

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Terry Sills
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1423
From: Weymouth,Dorset,England
Registered: Oct 2012

posted April 23, 2015 02:12 PM

I have had similar emails purportedly from TalkTalk. I contacted them direct and they confirmed that the emails were fraudulent. In the case of Talktalk they provided me with a link to forward the fake emails to, each time I received them, which I do. It gives them the opportunity to investigate and track down the scammers. Genuine institutions like PayPal/ Banks etc don't ask for Bank details by email, so do not reply but report them to the institution they purport to come from. Beware - there are plenty of scumbags out there trying to cheat away your hard earned money.

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Jim Schrader
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1628
From: Savage, MN, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 25, 2015 07:42 AM

forward those emails to spoof@paypal.com

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jim schrader
"Let's see “do I have that title already?"

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