New scam code
When you use your bank account you need to stay safe and secure. Learn how to spot a scam and get advice on how to stay safe.
New scam code - Customer code of conduct
You need to be careful when you make a payment online. Fraudsters can pretend to be someone you trust or offer things like fake goods to try and scam you.
We’ll do as much as we can to protect you and reduce scams while you make genuine payments.
To stay safe online, you should follow the code of conduct below. This code will help to protect you from scams and give you the chance of a fraud refund.
Pay attention to our warnings
Our advanced systems help us to fight fraud. We can use them to warn you about a scam before you make a payment and when you:
- Set up a new payee.
- Amend an existing payee.
If you get a warning, make sure you take suitable action to protect your payment. We may not refund your money if you ignore a warning and fail to act.
Double check your payment
Before you make a payment, you need to double check all the details to make sure:
- you pay the right person or company.
- that any services or goods you want to buy are genuine, and/or
- payments to invest are with a genuine company.
Don't rely on an email, text message or a caller ringing you to give correct payment details. To double check, call back on a number you know is theirs.
By doing this, you’ll help to protect yourself from scams and your right to a refund.
Use internal payment measures
If you run a micro-enterprise or a charity, then you should have measures in place for when you approve a payment. You should use these at all times as they can help you to avoid a scam. If you fail to use them and then fall victim to a scam, we may not refund your money.
Fraud refunds
If you follow the code of conduct, it not only helps you to stay safe from fraud but it gives you the chance of a refund.
We’ll look at all cases of fraud to make sure a payment was made fairly and with care. We can then decide on a refund for any money you may have lost.
We will not give a refund if you do something dishonest or careless that helps a fraud take place.
Confirmation of Payee
Before you make a payment, we'll check that the name you give matches the one on the account.
We'll tell you if they don’t match. You'll then have to choose to pay or to check the details.
If you pay the wrong account and it turns out to be a scam, there’s a good chance you’ll lose your money.
Lloyds Bank will never ask you to:
- Share your account details like user ID, password and memorable information.
- Tell us your Personal Security Number (PSN) for Telephone Banking.
- Tell us your PIN code, expiry date, CVV number which is the last 3 digits of the security code on the back of your card.
- Move money to a so-called secure, safe or holding account.
- Move your money or ask you to transfer funds to a new sort code and account number.
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We guarantee to refund your money (including charges and interest that you’ve paid or not received as a result) in the unlikely event that you experience fraud with our Internet Banking service. We will take steps to protect you 24/7, using technology and safeguards that meet or exceed industry standards, but you must also use our online banking services carefully.
Being careful when you use our services includes, for example, that you:
- do all that you reasonably can to keep your Security Details (such as online and mobile username, password, and memorable information) secure, and you log off after each Internet Banking session
- don’t let anyone else have access to your account or Security Details, or transact using them, even if they share a joint account with you through our Internet Banking services
- tell us, as soon as you can if you think your Security Details have been lost, stolen, damaged or are being misused; or think someone may be accessing your accounts without your authority, or has discovered your Security Details
- carry out regular virus checks on your devices.
If you've been grossly negligent, we will not refund any money taken from your account before you have told us your Security Details have been lost, stolen or could be misused. We won't give you a refund if you have acted fraudulently.
For further guidance on using our online banking services, see our Internet Banking terms and conditions.
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Important legal information
Lloyds Bank plc. Registered office: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales No. 2065. Lloyds Bank plc is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority under registration number 119278.
Eligible deposits with us are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). We are covered by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).
Lloyds Bank plc Registered Office: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales No. 2065.
Personalisation. We will always greet you personally using your Title and Surname. We will never use ‘Dear User’ or ‘Dear Valued Customer’. Where you hold an existing account with us, we will quote the last four digits of your account number, such as your current account, savings account or credit card. If you don’t yet have an account with us but we have your postal address details, we may use part of your postcode. Internet Banking-related emails may also include your Internet Banking User ID.
Links. All links within our emails will go to a page on www.lloydsbank.com, or to trusted Government regulatory websites (e.g. Financial Ombudsman, Financial Conduct Authority, etc). Research emails may take you to a partner research company website but you will not be asked for any Internet Banking log in details. In fraudulent emails, website addresses may appear genuine on first sight, but if you hover your mouse over the link without clicking, it may reveal a different web address. On our genuine emails the link address always starts with email.lloydsbank.com or www.lloydsbank.com. We will never link direct through to our Internet Banking log in page or to a page that asks for your security or personal details.