The Anonymous Widower

Why Would You Bank At Barclays?

Over my life, I’ve banked at Barclays at some times and I’ve never really had any complaints, although at times, I’ve had a bit of aggravation.

But looking at the spam, I’m getting, I wouldn’t be banking there now, as they seem to be the target of most of the phishing attempts, I’m getting in my Inbox.  In fact, I had six this morning and I think I’ve had about twenty in the last week.

One of the reasons I bank at Nationwide, is that they only send me two e-mails a month, to tell me my statements are ready. I even send those to an e-mail address, that I don’t use for anything else.

I do wonder if phishing Barclays accounts is more successful for criminals, as why would they target Barclays customers, rather than those say of First Direct, about whom I can’t ever remember receiving a phishing message.

I think I’ll keep all the bank phishing messages I get over the next week or so.

August 12, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Computing, Finance, World | Banks, E-Mail, Scams