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Mine uses text codes when setting up new payees.

The golden rule is no banks send you a text

That's not true at all

They regularly send texts to people pointing out unusual transactions on cards, account balances heading toward overdraft, payments due etc etc

I have received these notices from Banks as well as Insurance Agencies - and of course, I don't have accounts with any of them. They are hit-or-miss scams.

I get several scam calls a week. Not necessarily from my bank but also from Amazon to say they are renewing my Prime account (which I have never had) for £79. Yesterday I won the US Lottery 2nd prize of $100000 Lucky me.

My bank texts me to tell me when a payment is due on my credit card.

My bank also sends texts to confirm it is me setting up a new DD or transferring money. I think their security is impressive!

I also get texts from RBS confirming online transfers of money. They’ve also set me up to be notified if my account gets near to zero, to avoid overdraft fees. This was after they charged me £12 for being overdrawn by £1.50 for one day!

My bank always texts me, if I have transferred money. They advise me to go to the bank if it wasn’t me.
Sometimes the text arrives before I’ve left the bank building.

BlueBelle you are wrong. I have just this minute had a text from the bank confirming that we have just set up a new recipient to do a bank transfer.

Never respond to anything from anyone! Go to the official website or phone the official phone number if you want to query it. They are all scams.

I m a lucky lady all the banks are within a mile of my home Barclays, Lloyds midland, Nat west, Santana, nationwide Halifax the only one gone is TSB but I rarely use them as I do it all online ?

We have two - Barclays and TSB - she says smugly! We did have a Santander too but it closed last autumn.

You have a bank in walking distance!!!

I live near Heathrow airport and my nearest is 3 miles away!

I hadn’t heard about this one and it sounds very plausible and easy to fall for if you have a Barclays account. Thanks for the alert. I assume the balance they quoted would be wrong and you would be encouraged to respond? (Although it wouldn’t have occurred to me to have texted back as we have a branch in walking distance.)

This has been doing the rounds forever ginny you are lucky to have only just come across it
The golden rule is no banks send you a text