Feb 03 2008
Phishing Scheme
My brother was a victim of a phishing scheme recently. When he was on the net trying to check his bank account transactions through online banking, the website was automatically redirected to a fake website.
My brother unsuspectingly filled in all the account details and tried to access the statement. When it would not open properly, he gave up thinking he would try after some time and forgot about it.
After four days, when he received a message on is mobile phone from his bank that his account has been debited ten thousand dollars, he rushed to the bank, froze all transactions until further notice and informed the bank authorities and the cyber protection cell. He has since installed a good anti phishing software on the computer to protect himself from such scams in future.
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