FI Frauds
From phishing to Nigerian scams, the reputation of financial businesses is harmed by fraudsters. Pass on your expertise and experiences.
FI Frauds: Phishing - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Purportedly from Federal Insurance Company (quotes fictitious address at fdic.gov)
Subject: Insurance coverage of your business accounts
There are multiple versions of this scam, two are set out below
FI Frauds: LloydsTSB, UK
Purportedly from: UK Lloyds, TSB (note, this is not the correct form of the bank's name)
Subject: Bank Notice!
Reply address: check@uklloydstsb.co.uk (not registered to LloydsTSB)
FI Frauds: Egg Bank, UK
A remarkably unsophisticated phishing exercise might work precisely because it isn't trying to be too clever.
FI Fraud: ACH
Customers of ACH are targeted in this blatant phishing scam. This is a recurrent scam that has popped up several times in the past few months.
FI Fraud: Phishing scam targets PayPal customers, includes malware payload
A phishing scam targeting customers of payment services provider PayPal is distributed by e-mail containing malware.
HKMA warns of fraudulent website
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has added a suspected fraudulent website to its warned list.
FI Frauds: Halifax Bank, UK
A phishing attack has been launched against customers of the UK's Halifax Bank.
FI Frauds: HKMA warns of fraudulent website
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has issued a warning regarding a fraudulent website which has similarities to the website of Shanghai Commercial Bank.
Advance fee fraud: scam uses Bank of China, Hong Kong, as a hook
Clearly a scam, and to judge by the English used, not even originating in Hong Kong or from a Chinese, the following scam mail is being circulatged in an e-mail with no subject line and spoofing the send address of a school.