Today I received an email trying to trick me into giving out my Maybank2U login and password over the internet. While this is not the first time that I received a phishing email, I think I should blog about this because most of my readers are not under the group which I shall call “hi tech” hehe. And I’m sure many of you have received or will receive this email soon.
This post is more for those who wants to know how to detect phishing site and also some ways to prevent them. For those “advanced” users, at the end of this post you can learn what you can do to stop this menace.
Ok back to the email, here’s the content :
Subject : Maybank Technical Maintenance
The following are the contents :
Dear Valued Customer,
Due to maintenance during the Sunday 12 November 2006,
The Maybank Technical Department is performing a scheduled software upgrade to improve the quality of the online banking services.
By clicking on the link below you will begin the procedure of the customer details confirmation.
https://www.maybank2u.com.my/mbb/scripts/mbb_update.jsp?do=Update
Once you have updated your account records, your Maybank account service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
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