Internet Bank Update - Abbey National Bank

The email entitled "Internet Bank Update" claiming to be from Abbey National Bank appears to be a phishing scam. Phishing e-mails are e-mails from scam artists who use official looking webpages designed to trick you into believing they are from a corporate website that you have an account with. Once you are at the site, they will ask you to provide or verify personal information such as bank account information, credit card information, social security information and password information. If you get such an e-mail, you should delete it and do not provide any of the requested information. However, if you are not convinced that you have a fraudulent e-mail, please contact Abbey National Bank directly and explain the e-mail you received. If you give out any personal information, contact Abbey National Bank immediately and depending on what information you gave out, it may be wise to take measures to protect against identity theft (e.g. contact credit agencies, close accounts, cleanse computer). Many e-mail solicitations that appear to be phishing e-mails are set forth throughout this website and below:

Dear Abbey National Customer,

It has come to our attention that your account billing updates are out of order. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your billing records you will not run into any future problems with the online service. However, failure to update your records will result in account termination. Please update your records now.
Please personalise your Abbey account as soon as you can. When personalising your account, you will be able to select your own Personal Message and update your email address. Additionally, at this site you will find more information regarding the service and participating merchants.

If you are the rightful holder of the account you must click the link below and then complete all steps from the following page as we try to verify your identity.

www.abbey.co.uk/myonlineaccounts2.abbeynational.co.uk/CentralLogonWeb/Logonaction=logon/Logonaaccount=logon/index.htm

If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporaly delete your account in our record,

Thank you.
Abbey National Customer Service Centre

Abbey National plc. Registered Office: Abbey National House, 2 Triton Square, Regent's Place, London, NW1 3AN, United Kingdom. Registered Number 2294747. Registered in England. www.abbey.com Telephone 0870 607 6000. Calls may be recorded or monitored. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. FSA registration number 106054. Abbey and the flame logo are registered trademark.

The information provided on this website is provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal advice.

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