Update your Wonga Account Details ????

[guitarpete247]

I just got this e-mail with the ^ ^ ^ above subject (???? are mine).
Dear Customer,

There is an Important update on your loan account.

Please click here to continue

Failure to comply might lead to payments delay.
Wonga.

I don't have a Wonga account.
I don't want a loan from Wonga or anyone else.
What is going on?

Do I just delete and ignore or should I be worried someone is using my ID for a loan? There is no unsubscribe option. What I have quoted (in blue) is the total of the body of the e-mail.

 

[ianrauk]

It's just spam. Delete.

 

[Fnaar]

Send me your bank details...I'll sort it out for you

 

[MrJamie]

They send them out to every email they can get their hands on, hoping that some poor person who receives it and does have a Wonga account and doesn't realise its fake will click the link and give their details to an untrustworthy Nigerian gentleman.

 

[gambatte]

and one of these will eventually appear to be from a bank you have got an account with. I don't think I've EVER received a genuine contact from a bank this way. I treat 100% as fake.

 

[guitarpete247]

I thought at first just delete and ignore. But then thought could this be identity theft. I'll delete but check my bank more often.

 

[guitarpete247]

Send me your bank details...I'll sort it out for you

Under the mattress and hidden at the bottom of the wardrobe in a brown paper bag.

 

[TVC]

So obvious scam, Dear Customer, followed by a threat of loss of service. Just bin and wait for the next one, I get a couple of similar ones each week.

 

[Pale Rider]

In hotmail there's a 'mark as phishing scam' option which reports the email to somebody.

Don't know if it does any good, but I use it.

 

[biggs682]

another scam but does make you think

 

[Spinney]

Even if you DID have a Wonga account (or a Barclays account for a Barclays message, etc, etc) DO NOT, EVER click on a link in such an email. If you think there's a chance it may be genuine, telephone your bank, or contact them through their normal website.

 

[sheddy]

Off topic, but why is Nicholas Parsons doing those TV Voiceovers ?
Doesn't he have a reputation to maintain ?

 

[ArDee]

Off topic, but why is Nicholas Parsons doing those TV Voiceovers ?
Doesn't he have a reputation to maintain ?

Perhaps it's like Michael Caine said, just after filming the "Killer Bees" and "Jaws 4", if you want an "A" grade life style you sometimes have to do "B" grade work.