People in the UK are being targeted by a new phishing scam designed to trick victims into handing over details of their HSBC bank account.
The scam, discovered by litigation specialists Griffin Law, begins with a bogus text message that claims to be from the banking and finance giant informing the receiver that a new payment has been made through the HSBC app on their phone.
The user is then told that, if they are not responsible for the payment, they should visit the site “Security.hsbc.confirm-systems.com” to validate their bank account, before being directed to a fake landing page which asks for their username and password, followed by a series of verification steps.
The fraudulent site, which uses official HSBC branding, then asks for specific account details and personal data of the individual.
Griffin Law claimed that almost 50 people have come forward to say they have received the text message so far, with some able to identify the scam due to the fact they do not have a HSBC app installed on their phone. Thankfully, thus far, there have been no current reports of the scam being successful, according to Griffin Law.
