For anyone and everyone who has had an email offering you pots of money in return for your bank details.... you really MUST read this! lol. Nice one! my sense of humour...Wish I had thought of it first!
The Scam Report Website
Hmmmm wonder what happens when you reply to the ones offering you a larger....errr.... male appendage!
On a more serious note, my brother had an email from his bank (he does a lot of online banking transactions), you think your money and details are safe? NOT SO!
His bank details, his date of birth, national insurance number along with his ID and passwords of every site he had joined was found ready for use by the Mafia in Russia!
This virus was not picked up by his 3 virus and anti spy software programmes, lurks in the background and stores and saves EVERYTHING you type into your computer. The ONLY time his national insurance number had been entered was to check for eligibility of Child Tax Credits, but his bank details were there too. While it is east to change our ID's and Passwords and even email and bank accounts, Name, Addresses and National Insurance numbers along with personal details CANNOT be changed.
Please dear people think very, very carefully before you enter any of this information on the Internet.
The virus is called: the sinowal trojan and was picked up by his bank! I would advise people to do a Google search for it.
This is what his IT guy had to say:
Because it involves the MBR, this comes with the health warning that it MIGHT screw the hard disk and lose all your data so anything important should be backed up first.
Back up and think twice before entering any personal details on line.
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