What is 'Phishing'? Phishing is a fradulant activity done to extract information from web user through deceptive means. Phishing is generally initiated via an e-mail impersonating another website, however, telephone and mail phishing have been use to collect information on a slightly smaller scale.
Nowadays, there are a lot of bank have upgrade their internet banking service to provide more flexibility to customer. Customer can easily check their deposit account, done their credit card and bill payment thru the internet.
How does phishing happen thru internet banking???
Bank phishing is generally done by a fraud e-mail contain a letterhead look like very genuine. these e-mail infer that..."a change have been made to your bank account...", "something into your account need urgent attention...", or anyhting else that would make one eager to sign into their online banking website. Once you have clicking the link within the e-mail, you are directed to a fraud login page that look strikingly similar to the real deal. In an unexpected senario, you will be redirected to sign in to the real deal and found there is nothing changed. At the same time, your details have been taken by the scammer or either make tansaction. The scammer will collect as much information as possible on their phished account to use as leverage to get more information such as telephoe number, house address, checking saving account routing number and etc. This can all be prevented with a browser that provided by your bank.
Prevention Method
Log on into Bank web-site, set the security system.
Be alert on the web news provided by bank.
Follow the guideline provided by bank, contact customer services support if you have any inquiry or any suspended information get from e-mail.
