Beware
phishing scam, TD Canada Trust warns customers
CBC
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TD
Canada Trust is warning consumers to beware of fraudulent e-mails after a mass
e-mail claiming to represent the bank began circulating several days ago.
A
representative with TD's EasyWeb Internet Banking service said the e-mail is not
from the company and is a phishing scam, designed to extract personal and financial
information from the user by claiming to represent a legitimate company.
The
phishing e-mail asks customers to complete an EasyWeb form, saying the procedure
is "obligatory," and includes a link to an address. According to a report
on United Kingdom-based anti-phishing website MillerSmiles, the malicious website
the e-mail sends users to looks nothing like the bank's website and asks users
to confirm, update and verify their account data.
TD
Canada Trust said the e-mail does not target customers of the bank specifically.
The
bank is investigating and "working with the authorities to shut it down,"
spokesperson Christa Poole said Tuesday.
"No
bank would ever request personal information via e-mail," Poole told CBC
News.
The
good news, she said, is that recent publicity around phishing means fewer people
are falling for such scams.
The
bank has issued a notice on their site warning of e-mail fraud. It says customers
should not click on links in e-mails and should be wary of e-mails that offer
money, threaten legal action or warn of security risks.
