Reese Barcelon
- Facebook user Rodel Sadicon warned the netizens about a new phishing tactic developed by online thieves.
- He also shared that this has been happening for two of the most common banks in the country.
The world has really improved its technology over the years. Back in the day, bank activities can only be done in the branches, but they have developed it to enable their clients to process their transactions without having to leave their homes.
Modernization has a lot of benefits for banking and other financial activities, but the positive results also come with the negative ones.
Apparently, hackers can now be able to get all the information about a bank account without the use of ATM skimming devices – just like what thieves usually do before they escalated to phishing.
One of the newest techniques developed by hackers is shared by a Facebook user named Rodel Sadicon.
According to him, thieves are luring their victims to give them their bank information by imitating the bank’s overall appearance, also using the logo of the bank to make it more convincing – which is presented to a hacker’s prey in the form of an e-mail.
Here’s what was written in the phishing e-mails sent by these crooks:
“Dear BDO Card Holder,
Here at BDO, we aim that your account will be always secured. We are requiring you to please verify your personal information in our records. We are conducting our credit card anti-fraud emails and un authorized transactions reports. This is a part of our new and improved anti-fraud security measures.
In order to verify and secure your credit card usage please verify your credit card from the link given below. Your account will re main blocked until the verification is complete and confirmed.
Thank you.”
In their message, it is noticeable that there are grammatical errors which do not usually happen when an e-mail is directly from the bank.
Now, what happens when a client clicks on the link: “Verify My Account”?
The client will be redirected to a site – which is not using the same domain as what the bank generally use for their online transactions.
If a victim unknowingly encoded his/her details in the site, it would automatically be seen by the bandits and the amount of money inside their account would be gone in an instant.
What are the safety measures that can be done in order to avoid falling victim to this scheme?
- Always confirm from the bank if the e-mail was really sent by them.
- Check the e-mail address of the account that sent the mail.
- Check if the site they redirected you if it is legitimate and a safe site.
Netizens who have seen the post tagged their friends and families to warn them about the certain incident.
Moreover, another netizen named Jehz Abad confirmed that she also received the same e-mail.
Always remember to take precautionary measures before encoding sensitive information in the internet to avoid the risks of losing your savings in your bank account. Prevention is always better than cure!
