Ivor Jones

I suspect it is, but just wondered if anyone else has received this.

Just had an email purporting to be from Citibank UK, telling me that my
card payment is overdue and that I owe them money. This is all very well,
but I don't have an account with them..! The 0800 number they give returns
NU tone.

Anyone else seen it..? The message follows:

******This message is for CitiBank United Kingdom customers
only***********

Your Citibank Card balance is currently overdue and we require an
immediate payment of ?43.97.

What to do next

Go to your Citibank account account, select the 'Move money' tab and
choose the 'Make a one-off payment' option, and then follow the on-screen
instructions. If you're having trouble finding the money to make your
payment, you can talk to us about alternative options or help with getting
on top of your finances on 0800-00-55-00 (If calling from abroad dial +44
20 7500 5500).

As soon as possible, please access your online account following the link
below: [no link given..!]

Check your online account

If you've already spoken to us or you've put your account in order, please
ignore this communication.

Yvonne Smith
CitiBank United Kingdom
Card payments Dept
0800-00-55-00
Citibank International Plc

--
Ivor

Martin²

By now I got emails 'from' most if not all UK banks, plus some from ones I
never heard of !
I no longer bother reporting them just delete them.
Regards,
Martin

Jim

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:17:14 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:

>I suspect it is, but just wondered if anyone else has received this.

Daily, and for a large number of banks. It's called Phishing.

The law of averages means they will hit some people that have accounts
at the bank and are gullible enough to follow the link and enter the
information, which will include PIN and card CV numbers. Guess what
then happens!

The Delete key is your friend.



Jim

tony sayer

In article <5gak9fF3fk6cvU1@mid.individual.net>, Ivor Jones
<ivor@despammed.invalid> writes
>I suspect it is, but just wondered if anyone else has received this.
>
>Just had an email purporting to be from Citibank UK, telling me that my
>card payment is overdue and that I owe them money. This is all very well,
>but I don't have an account with them..! The 0800 number they give returns
>NU tone.
>
>Anyone else seen it..? The message follows:
>
>******This message is for CitiBank United Kingdom customers
>only***********
>
>Your Citibank Card balance is currently overdue and we require an
>immediate payment of ?43.97.
>
>What to do next
>
>Go to your Citibank account account, select the 'Move money' tab and
>choose the 'Make a one-off payment' option, and then follow the on-screen
>instructions. If you're having trouble finding the money to make your
>payment, you can talk to us about alternative options or help with getting
>on top of your finances on 0800-00-55-00 (If calling from abroad dial +44
>20 7500 5500).
>
>As soon as possible, please access your online account following the link
>below: [no link given..!]
>
>Check your online account
>
>If you've already spoken to us or you've put your account in order, please
>ignore this communication.
>
>Yvonne Smith
>CitiBank United Kingdom
>Card payments Dept
>0800-00-55-00
>Citibank International Plc
>

What they call a Philshing scam I believe.. get them all the time and
the ones from some kind gent in Nigeria who wants me to share in his
nice £14 million he's somehow obtained from some bank account where
someone has passed away and forgotten about all the money they had..
--
Tony Sayer

tony sayer

>>
>>As soon as possible, please access your online account following the link
>>below: [no link given..!]
>>
>>Check your online account
>>
>>If you've already spoken to us or you've put your account in order, please
>>ignore this communication.
>>
>>Yvonne Smith
>>CitiBank United Kingdom
>>Card payments Dept
>>0800-00-55-00
>>Citibank International Plc
>>
>
>What they call a Philshing scam I believe.. get them all the time and
>the ones from some kind gent in Nigeria who wants me to share in his
>nice £14 million he's somehow obtained from some bank account where
>someone has passed away and forgotten about all the money they had..

And no sooner that I posted the reply and one came along!!!

And here it is..complete with grammar and spulling mistakes....

************************************************** ***************


Good Day,

This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore
it
as serious could come into your mind but please consider it a divine
wish
and accept it with a deep sense of humility.

My name is Mr.Chen Minyong, an external auditor for the United Overseas
Bank,Singapore,working as part of a bigger team that covers the entire
Asian region.

An investor died without naming a next of kin to his fund in my bank.The
amount is $15.7M and banking regulation/legislation in Singapore demand
that i notify the fiscal authorities after three years.The above set of
facts underscores my reason to seek your permission to have you stand as
the next of kin to the deceased investor.This funds will be approve and
release in your favour as the next of kin if only you will adhere to my
instruction and cooperate with me in one accord.

I have all the legal and Banking details of my deceased client that will
facilitate our putting you forward as the claimant/beneficiary of the
funds and ultimately transfer of the $15.7M plus interest to any
bank account nominated by you.I am prepared to compensate you with a 20%
share of the total funds for your efforts.The final details will be
given
upon receipt an affirmation of your desire to participate.

Please contact me through my email address as time is of the essence in
this business.Also endeavor to forward the under listed details below to
my email address.

I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.


Full Name
Date Of Birth
Occupation
Telephone Number
Fax Number
Email Address
Postal Address


Thank you,

Mr. Chen Minyong
--
Tony Sayer

Ivor Jones

"tony sayer" <tony@bancom.co.uk> wrote in message
news:8I58cNE$AHoGFwUH@bancom.co.uk

[snip]

> > What they call a Philshing scam I believe.. get them
> > all the time and the ones from some kind gent in
> > Nigeria who wants me to share in his nice £14 million
> > he's somehow obtained from some bank account where
> > someone has passed away and forgotten about all the
> > money they had..
>
> And no sooner that I posted the reply and one came
> along!!!

Oh I get those all the time, but this one was well written, as you can
see. There was no link to follow though, which surprised me.

Ivor

Andy

"tony sayer" <tony@bancom.co.uk> wrote in message
news:8I58cNE$AHoGFwUH@bancom.co.uk...
> Good Day,
>
> This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore
> it
> as serious could come into your mind but please consider it a divine
> wish
> and accept it with a deep sense of humility.

Keep your hands off. That's MY money. I got the email before you.

I'm so lucky I won 3 seperate lotteries without even entering.
£13 million in total and all I need to do is to pay the handling fees.

Andt

Peter Parker

On Jul 20, 3:17?am, "Ivor Jones" <i...@despammed.invalid> wrote:
> I suspect it is, but just wondered if anyone else has received this.

As others said it must be a phishing attack. I get emails daily
proporting to be from Nationwide, Royal Bank of Scotland and a bank in
America...

I just delete them now.

Andy Pandy

"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
news:5gbc7gF3dk7i1U1@mid.individual.net...
> > > What they call a Philshing scam I believe.. get them
> > > all the time and the ones from some kind gent in
> > > Nigeria who wants me to share in his nice £14 million
> > > he's somehow obtained from some bank account where
> > > someone has passed away and forgotten about all the
> > > money they had..
> >
> > And no sooner that I posted the reply and one came
> > along!!!
>
> Oh I get those all the time, but this one was well written, as you
can
> see. There was no link to follow though, which surprised me.

Just a thick scammer who forgot the link, or maybe it was stripped out
by your ISP as a known phishing URL?

--
Andy

Ivor Jones

"Andy Pandy" <spam8times@wonderful.spam.invalid> wrote in
message news:5gbmsfF3eijtcU1@mid.individual.net
> "Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
> news:5gbc7gF3dk7i1U1@mid.individual.net...
> > > > What they call a Philshing scam I believe.. get them
> > > > all the time and the ones from some kind gent in
> > > > Nigeria who wants me to share in his nice £14
> > > > million he's somehow obtained from some bank
> > > > account where someone has passed away and forgotten
> > > > about all the money they had..
> > >
> > > And no sooner that I posted the reply and one came
> > > along!!!
> >
> > Oh I get those all the time, but this one was well
> > written, as you can see. There was no link to follow
> > though, which surprised me.
>
> Just a thick scammer who forgot the link, or maybe it was
> stripped out by your ISP as a known phishing URL?

Why would they strip out the link and not the whole message..? My ISP (I
think it's Orange today, it was Wanadoo/Freeserve) has a pretty good spam
filter, I clear out at least 50 or so a day. But they missed this one.

Ivor