Malcolm On 12/10/2012, at 11:14 AM, McCallum Malcolm wrote:
> I am getting increasingly paranoid in my old age :-( Please can someone tell > me if this is spam or is it real? It is almost certainly spam, but it is difficult to tell what they hope to achieve with this message. Looking at the raw source would help as it is possible that the URL given is embedded in a different URL which is where a browser would go if you clicked on the link. > This is to inform you that you have a payment coming into your account.Your > account needs to be updated before any other pending payments can reflect on > your account. Update your digital Banking > athttps://www.rbsdigital.com/default.aspx and then fill the required details . In fact the athttps bit makes the URL illegal apart from anything else - there is no such protocol and so clicking on this link will just result in an error message from your browser. Presumably they meant to say "digital Banking at https://www.rbsdigital.com/default.aspx";. The rbsdigital.com domain is owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland but as suggested above you cannot be sure that this link (even without the "at") will actually take you there. If you do not bank with the RBoS then it is definitely spam. The awkward wording of most of the message together with the lack of detail is also highly suggestive of spam. I'm with Sev - delete it. Geoff ---------------------- Geoff and Kaye k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
