This alert was just released. Researchers at AV Labs just identified one of the latest phishing attempts being sent to email recipients. It preys on clients of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) or RBC Royal Bank.
“This email from “RBC Online” masquerades as an alert notification message regarding a security update. Upon reading the message body, however, it asks the recipient to validate their account with the bank. Like most unsophisticated phishing attempts, this is a bit of an odd one, too, since validating an account has nothing to do with “security updates” or a “scheduled system maintenance”. Composition-wise, it doesn’t make sense, and it seems that the phishers behind this scam merely used terms and phrases that could get recipients to potentially click their link.”, says Jovi Umawing.
To make things more believable, after the submit button is pressed the victim is sent to a Thank You page in an effort to build the trust factor.
Tips:
Always question everything you get when it comes to email. If you are ever in doubt as to the emails origin, check the Company’s website. However, don’t use the link that was provided in the email, use google instead. Also, check the URL of the site you are directed to. This is best way to tell upfront if you are being fooled.
Comments (2)
Sandro
Scary !
Sandro
Scary !