Fake email scam targets Barclays
FRAUDSTERS have launched a new attempt to prise internet passwords from Barclays' online banking customers.
In a now familiar scam blighting the banking industry, people who receive the emails are told to go to the Barclays website via a given link. A replica of the Barclays site is launched which asks customers' to log in. The information is then stolen and used to take money from accounts.
A Barclays spokeswoman said the bank hoped to close down the rogue website by the end of the day. She added that all customers who lose money through online fraud are compensated.
The company has asked people to forward the email to [email protected] and then delete it from their inbox.
The latest attack follows a wave of fraud attempts, known as 'phishing', launched against the banking industry since late last year. Customers of Barclays, Lloyds TSB, HBOS' Halifax and Royal Bank of Scotland's NatWest, have all been asked for personal information.
Nearly all the major banks now carry prominent warnings on their website homepages.