On 9/9/2010 10:13 AM, JD wrote: > > > On 09/09/2010 05:05 AM, Jerry wrote: >> On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 11:10:37 +0100 (BST) >> G.W. Haywood<g...@jubileegroup.co.uk> articulated: >> >>> I personally would never accept nor rely on any email which claimed >>> to be from a bank. I know too much about email, and about banks. >>> >>> I reject mail which uses the word 'bank' anywhere in the greeting, >>> the envelope address, the sender address, or the subject line. >>> >>> Just a personal view, from years of experience. :) >> I guess it is a good thing that you don't use my bank then. >> > My bank told me unequivocally that they NEVER EVER send emails > to their clients. All communication (other than snail mail from the bank) > has to be done by logging in to your bank account and send communications > about your account through an ssl'ed session. > They do this for good reason: SPAM!! > Spam that uses the email message format of the bank and spoofed > sender email address) to con recipients to click on a link which > splashes a > page that appears to look like the bank's page and asks the user to > enter name, > account number and password. > It is a sad fact that most such recipients are not savvy enough to look > at the > URL of the page.
Strange, I have banking services with CitiBank, Chase, Bank of America, and US Bank, and I get legitimate email from all of them on at least a monthly basis. Bill _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
