Comments on: Lloyds TSB Attacked by Phishing Scam http://carroll.org.uk/archives/2005/02/04/lloyds-tsb-attacked-by-phishing-scam .: science : activism : social justice :. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:10:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anonymous http://carroll.org.uk/archives/2005/02/04/lloyds-tsb-attacked-by-phishing-scam#comment-90510 Anonymous Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:32:59 +0000 http://test.carroll.org.uk/log/2005/02/04/24/#comment-90510 I don't even have a Lloyds Tsb account, I do not live in the UK, but I got this email and just out of interest I put in a made up username and password, it just flicked me to the real (or what looked real) Lloyds tsb site. Yes, this was a really dumb thing to do, I know, it was just pure devilment, I know it was a scam and wanted somebody somewhere to receive an invalid password. Now I am worried that I have let somebody into my computer just by responding to this email and am scared to access my real internet banking incase I'm being 'watched'. I do have antivirus thingies running am I safe? I don’t even have a Lloyds Tsb account, I do not live in the UK, but I got this email and just out of interest I put in a made up username and password, it just flicked me to the real (or what looked real) Lloyds tsb site. Yes, this was a really dumb thing to do, I know, it was just pure devilment, I know it was a scam and wanted somebody somewhere to receive an invalid password. Now I am worried that I have let somebody into my computer just by responding to this email and am scared to access my real internet banking incase I’m being ‘watched’. I do have antivirus thingies running am I safe?

]]> By: Wanda http://carroll.org.uk/archives/2005/02/04/lloyds-tsb-attacked-by-phishing-scam#comment-48669 Wanda Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:55:30 +0000 http://test.carroll.org.uk/log/2005/02/04/24/#comment-48669 I got an e-mail from [email removed], Using Lloyd bank, That I had won a lottery, and asking for my name, and other personal information, I e-mailed them back telling them that if this was a scam and this was an ID theft, it wouldn't do them any good, my credit is ruined. I got an e-mail from [email removed], Using Lloyd bank, That I had won a lottery, and asking for my name, and other personal information, I e-mailed them back telling them that if this was a scam and this was an ID theft, it wouldn’t do them any good, my credit is ruined.

]]> By: psmith http://carroll.org.uk/archives/2005/02/04/lloyds-tsb-attacked-by-phishing-scam#comment-43888 psmith Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:26:54 +0000 http://test.carroll.org.uk/log/2005/02/04/24/#comment-43888 We can't seem to access the real lloyds website at all from our home computer at all after getting several fake (Phising emails) that we didn't click on but we can open the site from other locations in Beijing. No idea if our money has been taken or not as I don't want to use my passwords on an internet cafe website. Any ideas on how to check if there is something installed on the home computers that is doing this. I have run all of the norton anti virus scanning and the microsoft anti virus and spyboot. Still no luck. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks Paul We can’t seem to access the real lloyds website at all from our home computer at all after getting several fake (Phising emails) that we didn’t click on but we can open the site from other locations in Beijing. No idea if our money has been taken or not as I don’t want to use my passwords on an internet cafe website. Any ideas on how to check if there is something installed on the home computers that is doing this. I have run all of the norton anti virus scanning and the microsoft anti virus and spyboot. Still no luck. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks

Paul

]]> By: matthew http://carroll.org.uk/archives/2005/02/04/lloyds-tsb-attacked-by-phishing-scam#comment-34678 matthew Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:40:15 +0000 http://test.carroll.org.uk/log/2005/02/04/24/#comment-34678 That's brutal Patrick... I'm glad Lloyds TSB returned all your money. Unfortunately anti-virus software doesn't really help with phishing scams like this. The new version of the <a href="http://getfirefox.com" rel="nofollow">Firefox web browser</a> (a good alternative to Microsoft Internet Explorer that I recommend to people) has a built in fake site warning for sites that have been reported, so you could give that a try - although having been caught out once, I doubt you would be a second time. That’s brutal Patrick… I’m glad Lloyds TSB returned all your money. Unfortunately anti-virus software doesn’t really help with phishing scams like this. The new version of the Firefox web browser (a good alternative to Microsoft Internet Explorer that I recommend to people) has a built in fake site warning for sites that have been reported, so you could give that a try - although having been caught out once, I doubt you would be a second time.

]]> By: Patrick http://carroll.org.uk/archives/2005/02/04/lloyds-tsb-attacked-by-phishing-scam#comment-30972 Patrick Fri, 25 May 2007 10:38:41 +0000 http://test.carroll.org.uk/log/2005/02/04/24/#comment-30972 They say there's no fool like an old fool. Yes! I fell for the supposed Lloyds TSB Security Email asking me for details to upgrade my online security. And yes they emptied both my own account and our joint account:£5,100 TSB have replaced the money back into our accounts, but we are left wondering what steps to take to avoid it happening again. I update my Norton A.V.(corporate edition) on a weekly basis, my windows firewall is set to automatic updates, and I also update my Spybot-Search and Destroy. I was hoping for some advice from TSB regarding cancelling my accounts and opening new ones, changing online passwords, changing credit and debit cards etc. etc. but with the exception of not being able to use my credit card, it seems to be carry on as normal. It is the not knowing just how much information these fraudsters now have that is causing us to worry. Patrick. (aged 72) They say there’s no fool like an old fool.
Yes! I fell for the supposed Lloyds TSB Security Email asking me for details to upgrade my online security. And yes they emptied both my own account and our joint account:£5,100
TSB have replaced the money back into our accounts, but we are left wondering what steps to take to avoid it happening again.

I update my Norton A.V.(corporate edition) on a weekly basis, my windows firewall is set to automatic updates, and I also update my Spybot-Search and Destroy.

I was hoping for some advice from TSB regarding cancelling my accounts and opening new ones, changing online passwords, changing credit and debit cards etc. etc. but with the exception of not being able to use my credit card, it seems to be carry on as normal.
It is the not knowing just how much information these fraudsters now have that is causing us to worry.
Patrick. (aged 72)

]]> By: matthew http://carroll.org.uk/archives/2005/02/04/lloyds-tsb-attacked-by-phishing-scam#comment-85 matthew Mon, 03 Oct 2005 23:00:41 +0000 http://test.carroll.org.uk/log/2005/02/04/24/#comment-85 Ouch, that's brutal. Even if you never went to a fake site or replied to a phishing email, it's possible you have caught a virus, trojan or worm that was monitoring your keyboard activity for things like banking passwords and sending them to who knows where. I would make sure you have up to date anti-virus and anti-malware software running, scan your whole computer, and don't use online banking until then. The incredible thing with that scam back in February (which is long since shut down, although I don't doubt there have been many many others since) was that they were hotlinking the images and CSS straight from the real LloydsTSB website... I tried to explain this to LloydsTSB fraud people but they didn't have the technical knowledge or authorisation to take the (very simple) steps to render the fraudulent site immediately useless. It would have taken me a few minutes, been much quicker than waiting to get the site disconnected by the hosting ISP, and might have saved some people the horrible experience you've gone through of having your accounts emptied. Ouch, that’s brutal. Even if you never went to a fake site or replied to a phishing email, it’s possible you have caught a virus, trojan or worm that was monitoring your keyboard activity for things like banking passwords and sending them to who knows where. I would make sure you have up to date anti-virus and anti-malware software running, scan your whole computer, and don’t use online banking until then.

The incredible thing with that scam back in February (which is long since shut down, although I don’t doubt there have been many many others since) was that they were hotlinking the images and CSS straight from the real LloydsTSB website… I tried to explain this to LloydsTSB fraud people but they didn’t have the technical knowledge or authorisation to take the (very simple) steps to render the fraudulent site immediately useless. It would have taken me a few minutes, been much quicker than waiting to get the site disconnected by the hosting ISP, and might have saved some people the horrible experience you’ve gone through of having your accounts emptied.

]]> By: leyton http://carroll.org.uk/archives/2005/02/04/lloyds-tsb-attacked-by-phishing-scam#comment-84 leyton Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:17:46 +0000 http://test.carroll.org.uk/log/2005/02/04/24/#comment-84 i opened my online banking this morning and to my horror found that somebody had accessed my lloydstsb current and savings account and emptied them both. i have never replied to any lloyds emails fake or otherwise but still this has happened to me. i contacted lloyds who are dealing with the issue but will not start until i have a crime reference number from the police . i go to the police they CANT issue crime reference number until they now where the crime was committed!!!!! its great to be british haha. give me five minutes with whoever did this and ill make sure he never uses a keyboard again. i opened my online banking this morning and to my horror found that somebody had accessed my lloydstsb current and savings account and emptied them both. i have never replied to any lloyds emails fake or otherwise but still this has happened to me. i contacted lloyds who are dealing with the issue but will not start until i have a crime reference number from the police . i go to the police they CANT issue crime reference number until they now where the crime was committed!!!!! its great to be british haha. give me five minutes with whoever did this and ill make sure he never uses a keyboard again.

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