Bye Bye Fastpay...?

[0iD]

Anyone else get this e-mail?

NatWest FastPay - IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Dear Mr 0iD,

We regret to inform you that the NatWest FastPay service will be closing with effect from 15 July 2005. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you. In accordance with the NatWest FastPay Terms and Conditions we are hereby giving you notice of this closure.

At the end of April 2005 there was a balance of £00.00 on your FastPay account. You need to withdraw this to your registered FastPay funding source as soon as possible. However, if you cannot remember your password, you will need to submit an alternative by going to http://www.fastpay.com, clicking on login and then click on the forgotten password link.

Thank you for using FastPay. If you have any questions relating to your account please contact us by visiting http://www.fastpay.com and using the ‘Contact us’ facility, quoting the email address we have sent this email to.

Please do not reply to this email.

Tis kosher http://www.fastpay.co.uk/

Anyone else use the service?

[Garion]

Are u sure its authentic?

NatWest only usually communicate by post...

And theyve had a lot of problems with spammers trying to get online banking passwords and stuff by pretending to be from Natwest...

[0iD]

no, typed the addy, s'all on the front page. Withdrew my cash without asking for any info. Plus contacted my lil bro in the city who verified it.

[Twigman]

Yeah it is autehntic....because do you know anyone who actually uses it?
It was nice for a while, but people just do online bank transfers now because its free.

[Swafe]

Used to use it, cos it was quite a bit cheaper than paypal, 20p as opposed to 4%, which can be quite a bit on say, a hundred quid.

Shame really, oh well

[Twigman]

yeah but then it changed from the nice 20p flat rate to some complicated 9p + 2% and other things...thats what stopped me using it tbh.

[muddyfox470]

I actually never used it, i got the same email.

Probably made quite a bit of a loss (in their eyes) so didn't want to continue it!

Seemed a good idea, just never got around to using it. Emails that don't ask for anything (personal details etc), and don't link you to obscure website addresses can be believed to be genuine. Banks can comunicate via email, it's just that they will never ask you for any personaly information in this way. They may send emails to update you on information, new services etc.

Ian

[Trippledence]

Dear Mr 0iD,

lol