{"id":2218,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2218"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Lloyds-Bank-'Pending-E-Payment'-Phishing-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2218","title":{"rendered":"Lloyds Bank ‘Pending E-Payment’ Phishing Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to this message, which purports to be from the UK’s Lloyds Bank, a pending e-payment sent to your account could not be completed. The email lists some possible reasons for the \u00a0problem. It notes \u00a0that you are “strongly advice” to click a link to confirm the incoming payment and thereby avoid a service suspension.<\/p>\n

However, the email is not from Lloyds. It is a phishing scam<\/a> \u00a0designed to trick you into handing over your financial information to online criminals. If you click \u00a0the link, you will be taken to a fake Lloyds Bank website and asked to login. \u00a0After “logging in” on the fake page, you will be taken to a second bogus page that asks you to provide your credit card details and other information related to your bank account.<\/p>\n

Finally, you will be redirected to the genuine Lloyds website.<\/p>\n

But, alas, the criminals can use the information they harvested \u00a0via the fake website to hijack your bank account as well as conduct fraudulent credit card transactions in your name.<\/p>\n

Phishing scams like this one are very common<\/a> and almost continually target customers of major banks and financial institutes around the world. Be very wary of any unsolicited email that claims that you must click a link or open an attached file to rectify an account issue.<\/p>\n

It is always safest to login to all of your online accounts by entering the account address into your browser’s address bar or via an official company app.<\/p>\n