Thursday 4 April 2013

Phising and Vishing scams......




                                                  
                     Phising and Vishing  SCAMS


INTRODUCTION: 

 Phising and Vishing scams are created to steal your personal information and web    
 identity. Phising is carried out via fradulent emails and Vishing  is done via bogus voice    
 messages and phone  calls.

How They Are Done:

  If you receive any phone calls or email  making about your netbanking 
  details like your account number, PIN code, password or debit /credit
  card details like card   number, CVV number   validity  of your card   etc.
  Please do not respond to  this phone calls and forward  this phone calls 
  and forward  all details to your corresponding bank.

      Today many vishing scams happening to the common people where a customer called to  
      a  particular  customer telling about that he is a bank  representitive or  customer 
      relationship  officer and asking you about all the relevant  details of your banking 
      procedure telling  this  that you need to upgrade your account or your  account
      suffering less security and thus he may told you in order to increase your bank account 
      security, he needs this particular details

Please Follow These Simple Steps To Avoid These Scams 
      
1/  Do not open suspected email attachment or instant message download links.

2/ If you are in doubt, do not click on any link provided in the email.

3/ Do not give any confidential information such as passwords, credit/debit card number or 
     PIN, CVV, DOB to  any email request. Even if the request is from government   authorities
     like income tax department or any card  association company like master   card or   VISA.
  
4/ Always check the web adress in the URL(uniform resource locator) before sharing any 
     sensitive information.

5/ Always type the website adress say (www.netpnb.com) on your web browser.

6/ Do not access netbanking or don't make online payments using your debit/credit card 
     from shared network.

7/ Always ensure that padlock icon at the upper or bottom right corner of the webpage is on
     during secure transaction.
    
8/ don't share your account details with unknown.  






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