KUALA LUMPUR: Cyber criminals are targeting Maybank clients to phish and steal cash from their bank accounts with fake or mirror websites of the bank’s online services.
Federal commercial crimes investigations department (CCID) director Commissioner Datuk Zainuddin Yaacob said today that police have received four reports involving losses of more than RM22,000 to fake Maybank2u.com websites.
He said the victims had received an email purportedly from Maybank that claimed the security of their bank accounts had been compromised.
Zainuddin said the victims were instructed to click on a hyperlink in the email to fix the purported security flaw and on doing so, a website resembling that of Maybank appeared.
He said the victims were instructed to fill up their username, password and phone number on the fake website.
“Not long after they did so, they found cash missing from their bank accounts. In the latest case, a victim was led to such a website after clicking on a hyperlink given in a lucky draw advertisement that claimed to be from Maybank and posted in Facebook,“ he said.
Zainuddin said Maybank2u.com users should ensure the website address of the bank is genuine when they decide to carry out online banking.
He said when in doubt of the status of their bank accounts, the users should check with Maybank officials to ascertain if the email notices received are genuine or otherwise.
