An Email with the Subject "Security Notice" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:58:09 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Barclays"<service@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 Barclays Customer, We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your Barclays account may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party. Protecting the security of your account is our primary concern. Therefore, as a preemptive measure, we have temporarily limited access to sensitive account features.
To restore your account access click on the link
below: http://www.personal.barclays.co.uk/BRC1/jsp/brccontrol?task=popup1vi2&site=pfs&value=7760 If a popup doesn't appear then please copy and paste the address above into your browsers address bar.J. F. Steve Online Security Manager Barclays Bank plc. |
Security Alert
Dear Barclays Customer,
We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your Barclays account may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party. Protecting the security of your account is our primary concern. Therefore, as a preemptive measure, we have temporarily limited access to sensitive account features.
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http://www.personal.barclays.co.uk/BRC1/jsp/brccontrol?task=popup1vi2&site=pfs&value=7760
If a popup doesn't appear then please copy and paste the address above into your browsers address bar.J. F. Steve
Online Security Manager
Barclays Bank plc.