The Anonymous Widower

A Quick Analysis Of Bank Phishing E-Mails

I have been collecting bank phishing e-mails since July.

I’ve received a hundred and six of them, with most banks being mentioned a couple of times. The scores were as follows.

Halifax – 2

Nationwide – 2

HSBC – 9

Santander – 2

Lloyds – 2

But this is dwarfed by twenty six aimed at customers of RBS and Natwest. Let’s face it, if you’re a phishing expert, you might target a bank with well-publices problems, as an e-mail about security issues might be expected. Incidentally, I’ve never had an e-mail of any sort from Nationwide, except for a monthly one, to say that my statement is ready. But that has no links in it.

So that is another reason to leave the bank, as because you are obviously not that savvy in staying with them, you might be the sort of person, who falls victim to the scam.

But I wouldn’t think of moving to Barclays, as they score a massive 53 in the period.

It would seem to me, that the time you are most vulnerable to scams is just after you’ve changed banks, so as there are still Barclays phishing e-mails flying around, I’d avoid them.

December 3, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Computing, Finance | Banks, Fraud, Internet, Phishing, RBS