8 million Aussies targeted by scam

8 million Aussies targeted by scam




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Australians who bank with ANZ have been told to be on guard against a cunning email phishing scam which aims to harvest their data. 


Computer security firm Mailguard on Friday sounded the alarm over the scam which sees targets receive emails purportedly from ANZ. The bank has 8 million customers.


While the email’s sender display name is ‘ANZ Online’, the actual email is coming from a compromised account. 






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The email reads: “You Have One Important Security Message In Your Internet Banking Account,” and asks targets to “log on” to view the message by hitting the link. 


Then, victims are led to a page that appears legitimate which asks users to log in to the ANZ website. 






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However, this is a phishing page used to gain customers’ login details.  


Once users have surrendered their details, they are led to another page asking them to update their securit ..

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