Police: Fake Bank Email Circulating
The Police issued an advisory about a fake e-mail claiming to be from Butterfield Bank which is currently circulating. It follows in full below:
The Bermuda Police Service Financial Crime Unit would like to warn the public about a fake e-mail claiming to be from Butterfield Bank which is currently circulating, encouraging recipients to click on a link to read a new security message. This link takes the user to a website purporting to be the Butterfield Direct log on for internet banking.
This site asks for the recipient’s user ID and password. When the information is given, the log in fails and it asks the user to sign in a second time, which also fails. The user is then re-directed to the actual Butterfield Bank website; but by that time their user ID and password has been compromised.
Members of the public are reminded to remain vigilant regarding phishing e-mails and other scams that attempt to obtain personal information or other sensitive data.
In addition, residents should be aware that banks or other legitimate financial institutions will never ask you for personal account information such as your password.
The public should ignore these unsolicited messages or similar ‘official looking e-mails’ claiming to be from any of the local banks.
Just wondering – do they have any idea who hacked into HSBC’s online banking?