Comments on: Internet Banking SCAM (Standard Bank, ABSA, FNB)

By: bongani

bongani — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:43:14 +0000

I,ve received e-mails 4rom eBaymotors.saying i hv 2 make a deposite to western union agent. available at absa,actual i was looking for a vehicle at some owners saying they live overseas.anyone whos has this info pls reply!

By: JAQUES

JAQUES — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:18:57 +0000

As long as the bank is not resposible to pay back money that has been stolen by means of PHISHING ATTACKS or SIMSWAPS,the fraud will not stop.The public must not forget that the Banks and the Cellular networks works together to make money.Remember this,when a fraudster does a simswap to steal money from your account,the cellular company makes money,the bank in turn makes money when a fraudster does transactions on your account (bankcharges).You now have to pay the cellular company again to get your own cellphone number back on which they make money again.WHY would the bank or the cellular network stop something that they make money on.I have a patented product that gives you a secure connection to the banks URL,meaning that no fraudulent websites can be uploaded onto the device,you need to enter a pincode to access the device,there is also no possibility to do a simswap because the device works with a simchip that cannot be removed from the device,furthermore,the bank forward the OTP to the device,not to a cellphone.The best part is that the banks URL gets removed from the public domain,so you need the device to log onto the Internet banking of the bank.If a fraudster think that there is a chance to commit fraud,he/she will need 1)To STEAL A DEVICE,2)GET THE PINCODE TO ACCESS THE DEVICE,3)KNOW YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER,4)KNOW YOUR PINCODE AND PASSWORD,Only after they have obtained all of these information,which is very unlikely,will they be able to get into your account,and then the fraudsters must make sure that you did not blocked the device(reported it stolen.)The unit will connect to the banks Url from any computer,even if you dont have Internet.The bank that we proposed the idea to,turned it down after 9 months of meetings, even after it was approved for testing,they say that it does not go with their customer strategy.The device only cost R265,00,and what bothers me is,if you can use an ATM card to do transactions at an ATM,why not use a device to do transactions at a computer.WHATS THE DIFFERENCE IN CUSTOMER STRATEGY.

By: gargi

gargi — Fri, 20 May 2011 10:06:02 +0000

TAX Refund R 5,182.52 ZAR

Dear Customer ,

South African Revenue Service ” Tax Refund ”

Standard Bank:-) R5,182.50 Tax Refund Process From Sars @ May 2011.

We received notification from South African Revenue Service about the TAX refunds of R5,182.50 .

We advice you to DOWNLOAD on our Secure server Attachment sent along with this Message to conclude the process of your TAX Refund Today without delay

Regards.

Payment Refunds Notifications Department.

Another helpful innovation by Standard Bank.

For more information Download the Secure Account Attachment we sent along with this Message and Login into your Account for confirmation .

please download it by opening the attachment sent along with this message , Then login into your account to Download:

By: gargi

gargi — Fri, 20 May 2011 10:05:08 +0000

Continuously from last 3 months, I am getting mails claiming to be from standard bank and asking me to click the HTML web page and release some funds and all which came in my account. Latest mail I got yday where they telling me my SARS refund is waiting for me to click the link and release. Worse part is when I am getting my online statement kind of things.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:35:20 +0000

I have received some of these emails but I was still caught off guard one morning when I received an email from ”Standard bank” with my online statement.. I can kick myself for logging and I lost all the money in my account. This happened irrespective of the one time password that is supposed to protect you which was somehow deactivated by the fraudsters.
Yes, you have to be more vigilant and awake when it comes to these things but what is the banks doing about this?

By: Joyce Glenn

Joyce Glenn — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 09:49:31 +0000

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LIC of india — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 01:53:57 +0000

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By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:32:41 +0000

Hi Sayed,
I have not received this e-mail yet to see exactly what it is they are trying to achieve with the James du Pesis scam.
Assuming that you did click on any link though, and it did nothing, then nothing in theory has will happen. However, this is not the case when clicking on attachements or file attachments. Usually with scams relating to money, they will try get your details out of you, or will get you to log onto a website that is not the website you think it is.

Hope this helps

By: Sayed

Sayed — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:07:20 +0000

Hi the last scam, the one about James du Plesis, if I went and clicked on the ‘click here’ it didnt go anywhere obviously what would happen. Please urgently advise.

By: James

James — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:07:20 +0000

LOOK AT THE NEW SCAM

Hello,

James Du Plesis made an electronic funds transfer to your account. The details of this transaction are shown below.
Amount: R39 470.00
Description: PAYMENT
Reference #: TL55
To view the transaction, please click here

If you have any questions related to this message or the funds transfer,
please contact James Du Plesis.

Please do not reply to this message as your message will not go anywhere.
Sincerely,
Standard Bank