Email scam alert
The New Zealand
Bankers’ Association is urging the public to be on guard
against an email scam. Scammers are sending emails out which
appear to come from a New Zealand Bankers’ Association
email address: nzba@nzba.org.nz.
The scam
emails include a subject line of “We are necessitating a
verification process on all account(s)”.
Anyone
receiving this email, or anything similar, should delete it
immediately. Do not click on any links within the email, and
do not disclose any personal information.
“This
scam was relatively easy to spot because the Bankers’
Association is not a bank, and would never ask people about
their bank accounts.
“People are reminded to
safeguard information relating to their bank accounts, and
never to disclose their PIN numbers or account passwords to
anyone. I would like to emphasise that the New Zealand
Bankers’ Association, and its member banks, will never ask
a customer to disclose their PIN number or account
password,” said New Zealand Bankers’ chief executive
Kirk Hope.
This kind of scam is known as
“phishing”. Phishing scams try to get your bank account
numbers, passwords and credit card numbers.
For
more information about phishing scams, see http://www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz/scams/scam-types/banking-and-financial-scams.
ENDS