SCAMMERS pretending to be from the National Australia Bank (NAB) are targeting people in the Central West with police warning people to use caution.
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Reports have been received that an email titled 'You have one new important message' purporting to come from the NAB has been arriving in people's inbox.
The email uses a display name called 'NAB Online'.
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"The email states that it is an automated message from NAB," NSW Police officers said in a statement.
"It claims that a hold has been placed on recipient's card as 'usage in a different location' has been detected.
"To resolve, people are advised to visit their nearest NAB branch or click on a provided link to 'get verified within minutes'."
Officers said unsuspecting recipients who click the link to use the NAB 'online platform' are then led to a phishing site that's designed to harvest confidential details:
Police have advised that anyone receiving this email should delete it immediately.
MailGuard said using fear and panic to trick users via email scams is a popular tactic employed by cyber criminals.
Reduce the risk of being scammed
Immediately delete any emails that:
- Appear to be from a well-known organisation, typically a bank or service provider and are not addressed to you by name and may include poor grammar.
- Ask you to click on a link within the email body in order to access their website - your bank will always ask you to go to their website directly by typing their URL into your web browser address field, as a precautionary security measure.
- Ask you to submit personal information that the sender should already have access to.
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