{"id":283,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=283"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Metro-Bank-Alert-Message'-Phishing-Email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=283","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Metro Bank Alert Message&#8217; Phishing Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to this email, which purports to be from the UK&#8217;s Metro Bank, you haven&#8217;t viewed your last 3 online statements. \u00a0 The email suggests that you click a link to go online and read your statements.<\/p>\n<p>However, the email is not from Metro Bank. \u00a0 Instead, it is a phishing scam designed to steal your bank account login details and other sensitive personal and financial information.<\/p>\n<p>Clicking the link opens a fraudulent website that has been designed to look like the genuine Metro Bank home page. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Phishing scams like this one are very common. \u00a0 You can <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/phishing-scams-anti-phishing-information\/\">read more information about phishing scams here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, Metro Bank has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrobankonline.co.uk\/ways-to-bank\/i-want-some-information-about\/banking-securely\/\">published information about recognising phishing attacks<\/a> on its website.<\/p>\n<h2>Example:<\/h2>\n<pre><strong>Subject: Metro Bank Alert Message<\/strong>\r\n \r\nYou haven't viewed your last 3 online statements.\r\n\r\nYour statement shows the current interest rates, fees and charges and amount due to be paid by you. It's important to read each month's statement to check that all the information on it is correct.\r\n\r\nYou can view your statement once you've signed in to online banking.Please go online now to \r\nview your recent statements\r\n\r\nYour statement may include other information such as Notices of Variation to terms and \r\nconditions Notices of Sums in Arrears, Notices of Default Sums and Annual Statements or other \r\nimportant notices, so please view your statement as soon as possible.\r\n\r\nMetro Bank\r\nOne Southampton Row\r\nLondon\r\nWC1B 5HA<\/pre>\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><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/metro-bank-alert-message-phishing-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/metro-bank-alert-message-phishing-email\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this email, which purports to be from the UK&#8217;s Metro Bank, you haven&#8217;t viewed your last 3 online statements. \u00a0 The email suggests that you click a link to go online and read your statements. However, the email is not from Metro Bank. \u00a0 Instead, it is a phishing scam designed to steal [&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-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}