National Savings and Investments
 


Fraudulent emails

 

How to spot a fraudulent email


  • Always be wary of emails asking for personal or security details, or to update or confirm your account details. NS&I will never ask you to disclose or confirm sensitive personal or security information, including your PIN or password, by email.
  • Fraudulent emails often have spelling or grammatical errors, or contain incoherent or jumbled wording.
  • For in-depth information about phishing and scam emails, go to
    www.banksafeonline.org.uk/phishing_explained.html

What to do if you receive a suspected 'phishing' email


  • Be cautious when clicking links in emails. A phishing email can contain links that look like known web addresses but will take you to a different, fraudulent site if you click on them. Genuine emails from NS&I do contain links to our website, but would never take you directly to an account log-in page. If you are at all suspicious, don't click the link - type in www.nsandi.com instead and follow the links from our homepage.
  • If you are ever concerned about any communications that are or seem to be from NS&I, or if you are worried that someone may have obtained your personal security details, please contact us immediately.
  • If you receive an email, apparently from NS&I, that asks for your personal security details, please ignore the request and forward it to us at customerenquiries@nsandi.com
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