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  • 27-07-2009 10:15am
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    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭


    i know this is a scam but it seems straighforward enough that some people might think it came from their bank?
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    also i do not have an account with AIB.


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    100gSoma
    Registered Users Posts: 1,285 ✭✭✭100gSoma


    yeah, some people will see the info@aib email address and think its legit. Your bank will never ever ask you to install anything or give personal details. ever.
    hope nobody falls for this.


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    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    100gSoma wrote: »
    yeah, some people will see the info@aib email address and think its legit. Your bank will never ever ask you to install anything or give personal details. ever.
    hope nobody falls for this.
    i also thought that all emails from banks or legitimate companies will have their real contact details and a branch phone number for you to contact them directly. but the fact they send a .exe attachment without warning is reason enough to junk all mail from that sender!


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    judas101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭judas101


    I think the suspicious sender says it all tbh


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    Toots
    Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,920 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    That screams 'scam'! But it's scary the amount of people who get taken in by it. AIB have an email address, alert@aib.ie, which they ask that you forward emails of this nature to. It'll help them keep up to date with any new wave of phishing emails that go out.


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    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    well im glad its being sent to people without accounts aswell, i got one,

    what bank would make you install an exe???


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