Banks warn customers over online scammingThe Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) and the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) have issued official warnings to customers over online phishing scams. — Photo thebank.vnBoth banks have reported information theft through e-banking counterfeiting, with cardholders’ negligence taken advantage of to steal their personal information, card data and passwords by asking them to input these on a fake website programmed to resemble the banks’ authentic online platform. These fraud sites used forged interfaces mimicking the two banks’ real online banking services domains. To protect personal information, Vietcombank said their customers should only use the website provided above and carefully read their safety transaction guide. The majority of bank account thefts occur due to disclosure of personal information, said Ho Duc Dung, an expert in banking security.

Source: VietNamNet News May 15, 2018 03:56 UTC