Phishing Alert: Standard Bank, South Africa
The typos, wrong words and threatening tone make this a clear winner in this month's "how not to write a phishing letter" competition.
Text of fraudulent message apparently from bussupport [at] standardbank.co.za
Important Message from Standard Bank! : -
Please note that Your Standard Bank Online Services Account is about to expire due to new database transfiguration on our system and with recent complains from our customers we have decided to add a little more security to our customer’s online banking, please download the attached file to prevent account from fraudulent activities. Your interest is our concern so you will have to bear with us for 2minutes online as the One Time Password (OTP) sent to your preferred method will be demanded on the next page.
Note: If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporarily suspend your account.
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