Home Help Website I received an email linking to this site asking for my Bank Account Details The Heron Dinghy Class Association has no reason to know your bank account details, or your ebay username and password.

We are aware of a number of emails circulating which provide a link to our site.  The link is broekn and produces a '404' error.  The email is spam and should be deleted.

You have not been placed at any risk if you followed the link and saw the 404 Error.  However you should be very aware of simillar links in emails which link to websites asking for information - these are often phishing scams which are not the website they seem to be and are actually trying to steal your personal details. The latest releases of Internet Explorer (IE7) and Firefox have inbuilt tools to help protect you from these sites. This article on Wikpedia provides much more detail.

If you visited followed the link and saw a website that appeared to be from your bank, or from ebay please read on...For a breif period of time it was possible to follow the link in these spam emails and see a site which appeared to be from eBay or the Bank of America.  If you entered your personal details into these sites your account is at risk.  You must immediately speak to your bank / ebay - your password needs to be changed.  I don't provide links here because that would be like saying "here, you've already given away your password once, why not do it again!"

We take these scams very seriously.  We took our entire site down for 30 hours while we investigated the situation and then still we have restricted parts of our site.  We believe we have acted as responsibly as possible, and continue to work with our Internet Provider and Software Suppliers to ensure we've taken as many steps towards ensuring your personal data security as possible.  If you have any concerns please contact us.

Avoid following links in emails. Instead either copy and paste the link into your browser (better) or better still type the main website name in and browse for the relevant page (most secure).