An Email with the Subject "Your account has been compromised" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 10:21:05 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as Nationwide Onlinebanking <service@nationwide.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 Nationwide customer, If your account is not
updated within the next 24 hours, then will assume this account is
fraudulent and will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but
the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your Nationwide account has not fraudulently used and to combat fraud. https://olb2.nationet.com/default2.asp?ID=37e332918883c2bcd13b1de38892565ab1f
We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may have caused you
and we would like to thank you for cooperation as we review this matter.
Regards,
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Dear Nationwide customer,
You have received this email because we have strong reason to believe that
your account had been recently compromised. In order to prevent any
fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation
into this matter.
If your account is not
updated within the next 24 hours, then will assume this account is
fraudulent and will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but
the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your Nationwide account has not fraudulently used and to combat fraud.
To speed up the process, you are required to verify your account
by following the link below:
https://olb2.nationet.com/default2.asp?ID=37e332918883c2bcd13b1de38892565ab1f
We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may have caused you and we would like to thank you for cooperation as we review this matter.
Regards,
Nationwide Online.
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