I appear to be getting an American’s banking emails. It started off with a load of emails about a tax return through a US company called Turbo Tax. They seem to be some form of online tax return company in the US. Now I am getting loads of emails about a new credit card from Net Spend.
They don’t appear to be dodgy. Just emails saying thank you for signing up, your card is on its way, your new card has been activated etc.
I have spoken to my bank who confirm that no direct debits etc. have been set up. They also sent me some antivirus software to scan my emails etc. No phishing emails or similar nasties found.
I have concluded that someone put the wrong email in when signing up. Presumably they have a very similar email address. I would have expected the email address would need to be confirmed by the applicant, but maybe online banking security isn’t as hot in the US as it is over here?
Do I ignore the emails, contact this Net Spend and say they have the wrong email address or do something else?