Identity Theft - Bank Phishing Emails

If you use online banking be wary of emails that appear to come from your bank.  These emails usually contain a link that goes to a convincing copy of your bank’s website using real logos and images stolen from the real bank site.  The purpose of these fake sites is to collect your online banking login and password details.  This is called “phishing” – criminals are trawling the net trying to find people who will fall for their scams.

Advice

• Never click on the link in an email purporting to come from your bank.  Treat all emails from your bank as highly suspicious as in general banks do not email you.  If you need to go to your bank’s website type the url into the address bar of your browser – do not click on links in emails
• Keep control of your email addresses.  Consider using different email addresses for different purposes – one for family and friends – one for general use and one you only use for trusted sites and important tasks