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An Email with the Subject "Online Banking Alert" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 19 May 2007 14:14:48 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Barclays Bank" <security@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.
Important Notice: May 19, 2007
Dear Sir/Madam,
Barclays Bank PLC.
Due to the recent update of the servers, you are requested to please update your account info at the following link.
https://update.barclays.co.uk/olb/p/LoginMember.do
*Important*
We have asked few additional information which is going to be the part of secure login process. These additional information will be asked during your future login security so, please provide all these info completely and correctly otherwise due to security reasons we may have to close your account temporarily.
J. S. Smith
Security Advisor
Barclays Bank PLC.
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
For assistance, log in to your Barclays Online Bank account and choose the "Help" link on any page.
Barclays Email ID # 1009