Intelligent Finance

[logantoo]

I have just received this from Intelligent Finance, I have no idea who they are nor do I have an account with them. Any thoughts?
Account Status Notification

We are contacting you to Inform you that our Account security department identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with Intelligent Finance Bank Plc User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been accessed from fraudulent locations, access to your account has been limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved please Click My Account Activity to continue.

My Account Activity

We take your online safety seriously, which is why we use state of the art notification systems to identify unusual activity and a challenge process to validate your details.


Thanks for banking with Intelligent Finance.
Customer Finance Department
© Intelligent Finance & Co, 2012.  

[perksie]

Intelligent Finance is part of Halifax bank, but that email is obviously a phishing attempt, just bin it.

Nobody would send you an email worded like that without addressing you by name, and never to "verify" an account.

I've had these purporting to be from just about every bank you can think of.

More here:

http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/email/intelligent-finance-online-account-it-has-been-suspended-intelli...

and here under "Phishing":

http://www.if.com/security/glossary.aspx

[jonsie]

Don't click on the link. I get these from time to time but just delete them.

[Liquid]

Wow that's a terrible web page landing.

Forward it to Halifax they may not be aware of this yet.

You mean I wasn't supposed to enter my password?:(

Please edit out the link.

[perksie]

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@Liquid wrote:

Forward it to Halifax they may not be aware of this yet.

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They are, it's been around for some years now that one and many others.

[Liquid]

O really? 😞 why don't I get any of these:(

[perksie]

You haven't lived, I get them mainly due to a leak by my old ISP, who let thousands of email addresses loose, ever since I get dozens to that account.

I'll shut it down one day!!!!!!!

[jonsie]

I'll forward them to you so you don't feel left out

Do you want Halifax, TSB or Nat West?

[Liquid]

Haha ill take all you can give:)

I think the best scam one I saw was to my old works hr manager informing her, her order of some rather nsfw products were on their way and to log in to check delivery times:)

[perksie]

Loads of examples here:

http://www.banksafeonline.org.uk/node/11