This morning I received a good old fashioned phishing request from someone pretending to be from ASB. I have included the message at the bottom of the post but first here are some reasons to believe it is a scam:
- The e-mail was sent to undisclosed recipeints meaning that the exact same message gas been sent to multiple people
- Details specific to me and/or my account are not mentioned
- BANKS WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS
- My account has not been deactivated (you can check to see if your account is still active by heading to your banks website directly (not via a link) and trying to log in.
- The e-mail address is a string of incoherent letters and is not associated with the asb.co.nz domain
- The click here link does not take you to any part of asb.co.nz, instead it takes you to http://mail.edutech.com/asb-online/asb-co-nz/ <- Don't go here
From: wgtsxy@online.com
Subject: Notification
We would like to inform you that your registration for your ASB Bank online profile needs to be updated. Due to security issues, your account has been deactivated and you are no longer able to access our online features.
To access your profile, please visit ASB Bank now by clicking here>
You are receiving this email notification because this email address is listed as the administrative contact email for your ASB Bank.
Version 2:
From: me@locahost.com
to: me
We would like to inform you that your registration for your ASB Bank online profile needs to be updated. Due to security issues, your account has been deactivated and you are no longer able to access our online features.
To access your profile, please visit ASB Bank now by clicking here>
You are receiving this email notification because this email address is listed as the administrative contact email for your ASB Bank.
