Hi there,

Is anyone else having problems with the Halifax Online Banking tonight?
https://www.halifax-online.co.uk/_me...formslogin.asp

Thanks...

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Halifax aka Bank of Scotland yep there sites are down

"Mutley" <us@privacy.co.uk> wrote in message
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Not working here via NTL

Mutley wrote:

Sorry, our service is currently unavailable
We are committed to improving our service. To allow us to make these
improvements, our service is temporarily unavailable. We apologise for
any inconvenience this may cause.
If you require any account information urgently, please call us on the
numbers below.

"Mutley" <us@privacy.co.uk> wrote in message
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(It's always a con!)
Eric

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"Eric Jones" <ejones999@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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It bloody well isnt you prat.

had the same thought so used my bookmark, it is down.

"Mutley" <us@privacy.co.uk> wrote in message
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doing it!


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"Eric Jones" <ejones999@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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Well, thats the URL I allways use to log on to my Halifax Bank Accout.

Dosnt matter now, I phoned them up on the 08457 number.
They have and they say they are upgrading the Online Banking systems and
should be back up by 6am on Friday.

Mutley wrote:

"Mutley" <us@privacy.co.uk> wrote in message news:<2qugquF141of2U1@uni-berlin.de>...
The point is you can't tell, and it's safer to be paranoid and type
the URL yourself from memory, or use your own bookmark/homepage.
No-one's calling you a criminal - calm down!

In message <fa2f473d.0409170318.4d465676@posting.google.com>, Fred
Bloggs <mrfredbloggs@altavista.co.uk> writes
You CAN tell. If it's not posted in HTML then the link goes where it
says it does. Even if it is posted in HTML, my newsreader tells me the
true destination. Suspicion is good, paranoia is bad, mmmkay?
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Pete Devlin
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Kaiser Wilhelm

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 22:48:35 +0100, sarah <postmaster@127.0.0.1>
wrote:


It's because they sent this email out today to all their customers and
they've been swamped......

Dear customer
We notice that you haven't used our online service recently.

If you're having trouble getting back online, you can reset all your
security details by clicking on the 'forgotten your sign-in details?'
link on the sign in page.

Just in case you've forgotten your Username, here's a quick reminder –
you'll need this whenever you use the service:

Your unique Username is: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

You can then enjoy a full range of services such as:-

* Check your balances - savings, bank accounts and credit cards
* Pay your household and credit card bills or transfer money between
accounts
* Arrange and amend standing orders
* Order holiday money and much more...

Win some cash!

As a valued online customer, we also want to make sure you're aware of
the great prize draws we're running at the moment (terms and
conditions apply). To view the details just enter
Halifax.co.uk/onlinedraws into your browser.

There are two ways to win £250 cash. First, simply sign in to view
your account - we will be drawing 10 lucky people every month for the
rest of the year. There's no entry form to complete - you'll
automatically qualify every month that you sign in! It couldn't be
simpler!

Secondly, we're repeating our online Bill Payment draw. Can you think
of an easier way to pay your bills than online? We can't! Just pay
three bills online between 1st September and 31st December 2004 and
again you'll automatically qualify for a chance to win 1 of 40 £250
prizes.

Your money is safe
If a customer of our online service is a victim of fraud we guarantee
that they won't lose any money on their Halifax account and will
always be reimbursed in full.'

Best regards

Halifax Online service


Filthy Rich
Music House

Filthy Rich <rchrddotspncr@dsl.pipex.com> writes:


Is sending out an email like that really a good idea with phishing
being so rife at the moment?

pete devlin <spamtrap@secondrow.co.uk> wrote in message news:<JbjdjWFiUwSBFwvc@sukmabobby.com>...
Yes, but where does it say it goes? Is the US White House address
www.whitehouse.org or www.whitehouse.gov, for instance? Being able to
read the URL doesn't tell you the answer. There's nothing to stop
someone dodgy registering a URL similar to that of major banks etc.

If it's not plain text but is alterable in any way then you're back to
trusting your browser or whatever, and there are various tricks to
fool them. I've forgotten the details, but it's something like:

http://www.genuine_looking_address@w...gy_address.com.

Paranoia is also good sometimes.

On 18 Sep 2004 01:37:07 -0700, mrfredbloggs@altavista.co.uk (Fred
Bloggs) wrote:

This no-longer works, the ability to put http authentication
information in the url is disabled in almost all the major UA's, and
certainly IE.

Jim.

In message <fa2f473d.0409180037.9d933ae@posting.google.com> , Fred Bloggs
<mrfredbloggs@altavista.co.uk> writes
This is true. In this case, however, it was obviously the correct site.
If, as someone has already mentioned, the alternative is to type it in
from memory, they would know that it was the correct address. The issue
was that the link might direct to somewhere completely different. Not
possible in a plain text format.
Updates have stopped this happening IIRC. Though even with a holey
browser that will allow that kind of URL, I would see exactly that URL
at the bottom of my newsreader as I hovered over the link. I don't know
if OE does this as I never use it. Only a buffoon would click such a
munged URL.

Not when it prevails over common sense.
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Pete Devlin
[{//////news03//////at\\\\\secondrow/////co\\\\\uk}]
Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.
Kaiser Wilhelm

pete devlin <spamtrap@secondrow.co.uk> wrote in message news:<YK9JHBKcwCTBFwEe@sukmabobby.com>...
There are many, many buffoons out there, and for them the simplest,
safest advice is don't click on URLs posted by people you don't know!

I don't agree that not clicking on URLs posted by people I don't
know/trust is an example of paranoia prevailing over common sense
though!

In message <fa2f473d.0409210410.7eeef8df@posting.google.com>, Fred
Bloggs <mrfredbloggs@altavista.co.uk> writes
Kind of defeats the object of coming to Usenet for help if you're not
prepared to follow the links that people provide to help you out! There
is more than an element of truth in what you say though. Unfortunately a
blanket "no click" policy will never work; it's like switching the lecky
off permanently to stop the possibility of electric shock. Common sense
has to be applied somewhere.

So you personally know the author of every hyperlink you have ever
followed? Come on, you're just being stubborn and daft now. Dodgy links
stick out like racing dog's bollox and if you can't see that then I fear
you must be at the wrong end of the food chain.
--
Pete Devlin
[{//////news03//////at\\\\\secondrow/////co\\\\\uk}]
Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.
Kaiser Wilhelm