Major Australian banks are warning of a new text message phishing scam designed to trick people into clicking a link and providing their personal banking details. 7NEWS
Nick Higginbottom from ANZ said the bank was “aware of the issue” and that it was “working behind the scenes to resolve it and to spread awareness to customers”.CommBank issued a statement on its website advising customers not to click on any unverified links and to contact the bank if they had already done so.
For NAB customers the advice is the same, the bank reminding customers not to click any links and to report any unusual activity.Customers from Bendigo Bank have also reported receiving the scam messages which state their ‘e-banking account has been suspended’. Never provide your personal, credit card or online account details if you receive a call claiming to be from your bank or any other organisation. Instead, call your bank to check.
“One of the tricks they will use is ‘phone spoofing’ where on smartphones they will duplicate a message to make it look as real as possible and will even send it in the same message thread, so it looks like it’s from their bank.”CommBank