Scam E-mails In Circulation (gtb Warns)

Guys,

Yahoo! Boys are always inventing and re-inventing means of getting your cash, you may have noticed strange "paypal" or "barclays" or "hsbc" account re-authentication mails in your box lately. This is the new YAHOO YAHOO!!!

Here's how it works, you get a mail saying someone tried to access your account simultaneously,from another IP address or some fraudulent transaction was noticed here and there and you need to reauthenticate your account to prevent the bank from closing it. You eventually get a link thus: www.paypal.com/login

This link (if you hover your cursor and check the status bar, you should see the real link, or just right click on the link and click on properties, the scammer's link should be there) is just a replica of the Original, Verified/certified secure (https) page. Should you click on this link and enter such details, they would be sent to the FAT mailbox of the trapmaster.

Be warned!, here's a warning from GTB:

Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:48:02 +0100
Subject: SCAM E-MAILS IN CIRCULATION
To: greatxsi@yahoo.com
From: intops@gtbplc.com  Add to Address Book  Add Mobile Alert 
   


Dear Valued Customer,

SCAM E-MAILS IN CIRCULATION

It has come to our notice that some ‘scam e-mails’ are being sent
 to our customers. The motive behind these e-mails is to gain access to
 customers’ Internet Banking Login details in order to defraud the
 customer.

To protect your account, it is important to confirm the authenticity of
 all e-mails with links to the Guaranty Trust Bank Internet Banking
 Page. To confirm this, look out for the gold padlock at the bottom right
 corner of the Internet Banking Page before you login.  Double click on
 the gold padlock to view a window that would confirm that the page is
 the valid Guaranty Trust Bank Internet Banking Page duly registered with
 Verisign, an international digital certificate authority.

In the event that the gold padlock is not found in the specified area
 of the Internet Banking Page, please note that it is a scam and should
 not be responded to it.

If you have responded to such e-mails, kindly go to your Internet
 Banking Account via our website www.gtbplc.com, change your password
 immediately and  inform the Bank of such ‘scam e-mails’.

For further enquiries and information, please call GTConnect, our fully
 interactive self service contact centre on 01-4480000, 080 2900 2900
 or 080 3900 3900.

Thank you for choosing Guaranty Trust Bank plc.