
The email message is repeated below for your information only. This is a fraudulent phishing email and is not from Student Loans Company or Student Finance England.
The email reads:
"This is a formal notification of an important account update. Due to a recent update in our database we require all student to update their account information to ensure you receive your scheduled payment, and avoid a missed payment. To update your account information, click on the link below created specially for this purpose.
Please fill the requested information exactly as you filled it when you were signing up for student finance. or your payment will be suspended because of failed account verification.
Yours sincerely
Student Finance England"
If you are contacted via email requesting you to update your bank details please be advised to ignore it.
If a student has followed the link and provided their bank details they are advised to go online and change the password on their account as soon as possible. If they still have the email then they should forward this to security@slc.co.uk.
Under no circumstances will SLC email out customers asking them to confirm bank details.