So scary nowadays... so many scams going about...
SINGAPORE : Two banks have been the target of the latest phishing scam.
Emails, claiming to be from Citibank and OCBC Bank, are asking recipients for their personal data in order to verify their account, saying that unless this is done, access to their account will be denied.
OCBC Bank has issued a media release to advise the recipients to ignore the email.
It says it is not the bank's practice to conduct random security verification checks on customers.
It also claims that it does not send emails requesting customers to provide their passwords, PIN or confidential information via hyperlinks, redirection links within an email or on a third party website.
The bank says the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team have been informed.
Phishing is a crimeware technique to steal the identity of a target organisation in order to get the identities of its customers.
This is usually done by using professional-looking, HTML-based e-mails that include company logos, font styles, colours, graphics and other elements to spoof the supposed sender.
Most contain a link to a website, which is an exact replica of the spoofed site, to lure users into parting with their personal information.
Internet security company Trend Micro has also issued a warning against spy-phishing, which uses the phishing technique as well as spyware programmes to target online banks and other password-driven sites.
It sees spy-phishing as the next step for phishers and spyware authors who want to steal money and personal information from users.
Some do this by creating programmes to steal credit care numbers, account log-ins or a variety of other types of personal information.
Just got mine yesterday.