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There is a reason that banks send increasingly strident text messages that they will never ask for this code.
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And then undermine that effort by actually asking for that code anyway.

And then undermine that effort by then sending you an official survey or marketing link to secure.bigbank.my.app

Santander UK sends its 'don't fall for a phishing scam' etc. emails from yoursantander2.co.uk or something stupid like that that's not what you ever interact with.



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