Tesco Bank Free Vouchers Phishing Scam

The email is not from Tesco Bank. It is a phishing scam designed to steal your personal and financial information. If you receive one of these fraudulent emails, do not click any links or open any attachments that it contains.

According to this email, which purports to be from the ‘Personal Finance Team’ at the UK’s Tesco Bank, you may have a chance to shop for free at Tesco outlets. Supposedly, the bank is handing out free Tesco vouchers to Tesco Savings bank customers. To qualify, claims the email, you need to click a ‘register’ link and provide the requested details.

But, the email is not from Tesco Bank and there are no free vouchers. Instead, it is a phishing scam designed to steal your personal and financial information.

If you click the link in the hope of getting your free voucher, you will be taken to a fraudulent website designed to emulate the genuine Tesco Bank site. The fake site will contain a form that asks you to provide your credit card and bank account numbers as well as your ID information, address, and contact details. The form will claim that you must provide this information if you want to receive one of the free vouchers.

All of the information you submit on the fake form will be collected by online criminals and used to commit financial fraud and identity theft.

Versions of this phishing scam have been distributed for several years. If you receive one of these scam emails, do not click any links or open any attachments that it contains.

Tesco Bank has published information about such phishing attacks and how to identify them on its website.