| Standard Bank - Beneficiary Addition Money Deduction SCAM |
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The latest scam targetting Standard Bank customers. The email once again looks very official and tries to scare the recipient into believing that an amount has been deducted from their bank account due to a beneficiary being added. Of course Standard Bank (or any other bank) does not charge for adding a beneficiary but the scammers prey on catching you off guard and hoping that someone foolish will click on their links which will take you to a site looking exactly like the Standard Bank site. Once you login into their fake version of the Internet Banking web site they will steal your login information, immediately login into your real account and start conducting transactions. DO NOT get fooled into believing such emails, just delete it. Your bank will NEVER contact you via email concerning account activities. These scammer scumbag's just never give up and the mere fact that they do not give up means they are still catching people.
The email appears as follows: Click on image for a larger view.
 Text of email reads as follows:
Beneficiary addition
New Beneficiary processed fees was deducted for the sum of R 460.99, If you are not the authorized owner that set the Beneficiary addition on your your account on 23-11-2010 account , Kindly DOWNLOAD the attachment sent along with this Message and login your Internet Banking to Stop the R 460.99 deduction , If you have any questions or would like stop the New Beneficiary fees been deducted from your account , DOWNLOAD And Process to STOP NEW BENEFICIARY NOW or call our Customer Contact Centre on 0860 123 000 . If you are calling from outside South Africa, call +27 11 299 4701 . Our consultants are available between 8am and 9pm on weekdays, and 8am and 4pm on weekends and public holidays. The Internet banking Team |