Is This Another Scam ?.

I have had 3 E-Mails this week, allegedly from Barclay's Bank.

Subject: Important Update.
We have recently reviewed your account,and noticed that your Barclay's account details needs to be updated.
Due to this you are requested to follow the provided steps.
To confirm your on line banking details for the safety of your accounts.
Secure your Barclay's account details now.

Click here for Account Review.
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I have not and never had an Account with Barclay's in my life..
I just Deleted the E-Mail from my Junk E-Mail without clicking on to Account Review.

 

Hubby has had two emails from Google Ads today, to inform him that he hasn't paid his subscription so he can no longer recieve ads! The email went on to say his payment details were out of date, the payment details were not a bank card number we recognise, there was of course a link to follow to put in your up to date card details! He seems to be getting quite a few of these types of emails at the moment hes getting rather cheesed off with it to be quite honest, is anyone else experiencing the same problems?

 

My mum had a telephone call from someone the other week supposedly from the Halifax. She just hung up on him. When we next went into town we went in and told them and ( I don't know whether this is the same for every bank but I know Lloyds is the same ) they said that they would always contact their customers by letter requesting you to go into your branch. They would never discuss account details by phone or email or letter.

 

Is that like a Cash Converters shop but on line ?

 

People sometimes use other people's email addresses when signing up for things like that (at least that's what everybody said who had their's published online following the Ashley Maddison hack).

When companies make printable coupons availabe online to get free products, some try and restrict naughty people from printing hundreds of them and emptying the supermarkets, but when the voucher isn't sent to the email but can be printed immediately sfter 'verification' some very naughty people simply make up hundreds of fake address and empty their local shops. Some of these could inadvertantly be real addresses, Perhaps there's actually people out there with mickey (1 to 999) @mouse.com?