Abbey account Security Update needed

The email entitled "Abbey account Security Update needed" 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:

Abbey account Security Update needed (April 25, 2008)

Friday, April 25, 2008 5:15 AM

From:

"Abbey" <online-service@abbey.co.uk>

Dear Customer,

We're making some changes that will make it even easier to make payments using our online banking service.

As a part of our efforts to meet the requirements of the Financial Services Authority we now ask all Abbey users to update their account information. It's a smart and simple way to add an additional layer of protection to your account.

Please use the link below to update your account:

Click here to continue updating Your Abbey Account;
(You will be redirected to a Abbey Banking logon page with an unique Session ID)

What's improving?

The payment screens will have a fantastic new look
You'll be able to see a summary of all your payments on one page called 'Transfers / pay bills'
You'll have more flexibility to amend external payments
We've simplified the process for creating and amending payments

Best wishes

Shoomon Perry
Head of Online

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