Scam email warning - phishing email claiming to be from Nationwide

[andydenyer]

There is a scam email doing the rounds that BT's spam filters are failing to identify and block.

The email claims to be from Nationwide regarding a direct debit being set-up and if you know nothing about it to call a certain number.

However, the email is NOT from a Nationwide email address and the telephone number quoted is NOT a Nationwide number.

They are obviously trying to scare people in to calling that number so that they can ask a series of 'security' questions in order to obtain some of the personal details they are after.

There are many reports of it here: https://who-called.co.uk/Number/03330540084

I have marked it as phishing and reported it to [email protected] and [email protected]

The body of the email reads:

[Chris__S]

Hi @andydenyer 

Thanks for getting in touch and letting us know about this scam email.

You did the right thing by flagging it with our phishing team and marking it as spam.

Our phishing team will get it investigated and hopefully get the scam stopped.

Chris S

[Chris__S]

I'd like to make sure that this phishing scam gets looked into as soon as possible @andydenyer.

I'll send you over a private message with more information

Chris S

[andydenyer]

Today I have received another scam email claiming to be from Nationwide, this time regarding a supposed overdraft limit increase request.

It's clearly NOT from Nationwide as it has come from a domain ending .jp rather than a valid Nationwide email address.

I've marked it as phishing and forwarded it to Nationwide and Report Fraud (formerly Action Fraud).

[Katie_B]

Thanks so much for continuing to mark these as phishing @andydenyer. 

Katie