{"id":2902,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2902"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Standard-Chartered-'New-Website-Design'-Phishing-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2902","title":{"rendered":"Standard Chartered ‘New Website Design’ Phishing Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to this email, which purports to be from \u00a0Standard Chartered Bank’s ‘Straight2Bank’ service, the design of the bank’s website is changing. The email advises \u00a0that the look \u00a0and feel of the site will change and that the site will have a new web address. It claims that you can click links in the email to review the changes and add the new site to the ‘Compatibility View List’.<\/p>\n

However, the email is not from \u00a0Standard Chartered Bank and the claim that the bank’s site is changing is a lie designed to trick you into divulging your account login details to cybercriminals.<\/p>\n

If you click one of the links in the email, \u00a0 \u00a0you will be taken to a fraudulent website that masquerades as a Standard Chartered login page. The fake site will look different \u00a0to the genuine bank’s website and will also have a different \u00a0web address. However, because the scam email has already advised you that the site design and URL has changed, you may believe that you are on the genuine bank site and proceed to ‘log in’. \u00a0If you do enter your login details on the fake page, you will then be automatically redirected to the genuine Standard Chartered website.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the scammers can collect your login details and use \u00a0them to gain access to your real bank account. Once there, they can transfer funds to other accounts and conduct fraudulent transactions in your name.<\/p>\n

Often, you can quickly identify a site as fraudulent<\/a> because it has a different appearance than that \u00a0of the genuine bank and also has a different web address. In this case, the scammers have rather cleverly attempted to negate these red flags by advising \u00a0people via the \u00a0initial scam email that they can expect such \u00a0changes. \u00a0This simple social engineering ruse may cause at least a few recipients to lower their guard and submit their information on the fake site.<\/p>\n

While banks may change their website design from time to time, they are very unlikely to change their web address. \u00a0It is always safest \u00a0to login to your online accounts by entering the web address into your browser’s address bar or via an official app.<\/p>\n

Standard Chartered \u00a0publishes \u00a0information<\/a> about phishing and other threats on its website.<\/p>\n