It amazes me that somewhere someone will keep trying... I suppose because there's always the odd chance that someone may actually fall for these!

I will admit, this is one of the more creative ones I've received to date, except for that very obvious "your account will be suspended until..." paragraph at the end.

Account Update Notice

Dear Valued Clients,

Absa has initiated a protective procedure to secure all online banking accounts against theft and identity forgery.As a result of this Security Program, Your Random Verification Number (RVN) and Transaction Verification Number (TVN), has been temporary deactivated we require you to bear with us online for some minutes and follow the instructions as we will be sending you some sms for this verification purpose in other to finish the Security Program Activation.follow the link below


Please go to :https/important/service/update/absa.co.za
* I didn't copy the link here, but it cleverly contains words like "secure-server" *

We would suspend your access for safety reasons until you upgrade.


Thank You


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