In their new modus operandi, cyber criminals send fraudulent emails to bank customers and con them into providing their bank account details. Hackers design a fake page of the bank's original website and host it on a hacked website's server.
This HTML page's link is sent to people via email. The hackers posing as an administrative officer of the bank ask people to fill up a form on the website page citing some security reason for the exercise.
The customers believe the genuineness of the email when they see that the design of the website page is exactly similar with the their bank's original website. Hence they fill up the forms and provided their transaction IDs, passwords, debit and card PIN numbers and other account details.
The form generates an email which is received by the hackers will the details. This information is then used for online transaction from the victim's account.
The cyber police officials have cautioned people against such emails after some such cases were reported recently.
As the fake page of the bank is hosted on a hacked server, it becomes difficult for the police to reach the criminals.
This HTML page's link is sent to people via email. The hackers posing as an administrative officer of the bank ask people to fill up a form on the website page citing some security reason for the exercise.
The customers believe the genuineness of the email when they see that the design of the website page is exactly similar with the their bank's original website. Hence they fill up the forms and provided their transaction IDs, passwords, debit and card PIN numbers and other account details.
The form generates an email which is received by the hackers will the details. This information is then used for online transaction from the victim's account.
The cyber police officials have cautioned people against such emails after some such cases were reported recently.
As the fake page of the bank is hosted on a hacked server, it becomes difficult for the police to reach the criminals.
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