SBI Alert: The bank has issued guidelines saying that through phishing, cyber criminals empty their bank accounts by accessing e-mails, text messages of customers.
SBI Alert: Due to online transactions happening in the country, a lot of fraud is happening. In such a situation, the country’s number one bank State Bank of India has warned its customers by tweeting. The bank has issued a phishing alert for the customers. While issuing the guidelines, the bank said that through phishing, cyber criminals emptied their bank accounts by accessing e-mails, text messages of customers. If you become a victim of cyber fraud due to phishing, then you can complain about it at report.phishing@sbi.co.in.
While giving an alert, State Bank of India said, ‘Customers should not click on any such link, message, on which they are feeling any doubt. Do not even visit any website that you do not trust. If you become a victim of cyber fraud due to phishing, then you get any suspicious email, then you can report it at report.phishing@sbi.co.in.
How does Fraud Phishing attack
- Phishing attacks use both social engineering and technology to steal data related to personal details of customers and financial information related to accounts.
- The customer receives a fake e-mail, in which the Internet address appears to be genuine.
- In e-mail, customers are asked to click on a hyperlink provided in the mail.
- By clicking on the hyperlink, it takes the customer to a fake website which looks like the original.
- Usually, these e-mails promise to reward them for obeying or warn of penalty for not obeying.
- Customers are asked to update their personal information like password, credit card and bank account number etc.
- The customer trusts and gives his personal details and clicks on the “Submit” button.
- Suddenly he sees the error page and thus the customers become a victim of phishing.
