p2pnet - rss feed: Bank of England email scam
The Bank of England thinks a fake email using its name could have been designed to steal financial information or computer passwords.
Sent to at least 100,000 people, it appears to come from the non-existent address admin@bankofengland.co.uk, says New Scientist here.
It has an attachment and advises the recipient to open it to, "remove any snooping software that may be lurking," says the NS.
"The bank has alerted the UK’s National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) which has launched an investigation," it adds. "However, a spokeswoman for the NHTCU says tests have so far failed to determine what the email attachment is designed to do.
She said there have been no reports of customers experiencing problems after opening the attachment.
