An Email with the Subject "Bank mail from Barclays IBank" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:18:45 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as Barclays UK <custservice_id_248@barclays.co.uk>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
Dear Barclay's customer,
Barclays bank's
technical department is carrying out a scheduled
software upgrade to improve the quality of services for the bank's
customers.
We urgently request
you to go to the link below and confirm
your bank details.
Barclays Online Login
These instructions are being sent to all Barclays bank customers.
In case of failure to meet requirements of bank within 48 hours, your
account will be
temporarily suspended in
We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your co-operation.
Sincerely yours.
Barclays Bank Security Department.