I got an e-mail from the Alliance & Leicester Bank:

For your security, we are sending this email to confirm changes made to your contact information in the Account User Profile. At your request, one or more of the following were changed: Address, Email, Day Phone, Evening Phone, If you did not make this request to change your Account User Profile,Click o the link below to update your Alliance & Leicester Internet Banking Accounts Profile.

Pretty fucking lucky they sent me this e-mail then. Although, the e-mail doesn't detail one quite fundamental change. Namely the fact that I opened an Alliance & Leicester account in the first place. I'm not a customer of the Alliance & Leicester, and never have been.

Wait... wait for one moment... you don't think... could it be possible spam, do you? Because, thinking about it, I'd have thought that the Alliance & Leicester would be able to spell. And use basic punctuation. Even the Worst Bank In The World (aka the Halifax) manages to spell correctly, even if they can't always account for where your money is.

Anyone who is a customer of the Alliance & Leicester and who read this blog, be aware of this very basic piece of would-be fraudulent spam. Although in fairness if you fall for it, you are pretty fucking dumb.