Industry News Home More stories like this... RSS Feed

Bank of Ireland warns customers of ongoing phishing dangers

The Bank of Ireland has become the latest financial institution forced to warn its customers of the dangers of phishing.

The bank was prompted to issue this latest set of advice after it was revealed that emails have been sent purporting to be from the bank which advises customers that there has been a security breach with their credit cards and asks them to follow a link so as to reset their pin number.

While the fraudulent link makes use of a replica of the Bank of Ireland's official home page, officials have stated that it is full of spelling and grammatical errors, while a spokesperson has revealed that nobody has yet lost any money to the scam.

The spokesperson told the Irish Herald: "The bank has undertaken an extensive communications programme to ensure that customers understand fully what phishing is, what to do if they receive an email and also re-iterating that customers' personal log-on information is their responsibility and that they should never disclose this information to anyone."

Earlier this week it was also reported that fraudsters are trying to con users by enticing them with fake news stories of terrorist attacks in their region, with some of the links mimicking the pages of the Reuters news agency.

PC Tools anti-virus software offers high security and protection for you home or office. Visit www.pctools.com to upgrade your protection