{"id":2389,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2389"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"NatWest-\"Important-Security-Update\";-Phishing-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2389","title":{"rendered":"NatWest &#8220;Important Security Update&#8221;; Phishing Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nEmail claiming to be an important security update from \u00a0UK-based bank NatWest urges you to click an &#8220;online verification&#8221; link to complete the update and keep your account &#8220;active and protected&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe email is certainly not from NatWest. Instead, it is a phishing scam designed to trick you into giving personal and financial information to online criminals. Clicking the link takes you to a \u00a0fraudulent website that has been built to closely emulate the real NatWest website.<\/p>\n<p>The fake website first asks you to enter your NatWest login credentials. Next, it asks you to supply a large amount of your personal and financial information, \u00a0ostensibly as a means of completing the &#8211; entirely \u00a0fictional &#8211; security update.<\/p>\n<p>All of the information you supply can be collected by criminals and later used to hijack your NatWest bank account, commit fraudulent credit card transactions in your name, and, possibly, steal your identity.<\/p>\n<p>NatWest is continually \u00a0targeted in <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/natwest-credit-card-minimum-payment-due-phishing-scam\/\">such phishing scams<\/a>.  \u00a0It is best to login to your online accounts by typing the address into your browser&#8217;s address bar or via a trusted app.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Report a Fraud - NatWest\" href=\"http:\/\/personal.natwest.com\/global\/security-centre\/reporting-fraud.html\">NatWest website<\/a> \u00a0includes information about how to report any NatWest phishing scams that you receive.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/natwest-phishing-2017-3-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5932\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/natwest-important-security-update-phishing-scam\/natwest-phishing-2017-3-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/natwest-phishing-2017-3-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,952\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"natwest-phishing-2017-3-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/natwest-phishing-2017-3-1-252x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/natwest-phishing-2017-3-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5932\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/natwest-phishing-2017-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"NatWest Phishing Scam\" width=\"800\" height=\"952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/natwest-phishing-2017-3-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/natwest-phishing-2017-3-1-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/natwest-phishing-2017-3-1-768x914.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/natwest-phishing-2017-3-1-500x595.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/natwest-phishing-2017-3-1-168x200.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/natwest-important-security-update-phishing-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/natwest-important-security-update-phishing-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Email claiming to be an important security update from \u00a0UK-based bank NatWest urges you to click an &#8220;online verification&#8221; link to complete the update and keep your account &#8220;active and protected&#8221;. Analysis: The email is certainly not from NatWest. Instead, it is a phishing scam designed to trick you into giving personal and financial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}