GT (Guarantee Trust) Bank Email Fraud Phishing Scam
Posted by Best Bank Rates under [ Bank Scams ] on November 10, 2007I recently received the following email from GT (Guarantee Trust) Bank:
Dear Valued Customer,
Guaranty Trust Bank eLectronic Notification Service (GeNS)
Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the GTBank account we have issued this warning message.
It has come to our attention that your GTBank account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
Once you have updated your account records your GTBank account service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your GTBank records click on the following link: http://www.gtbplc.com/ibanking
/signon?LOB=CONS&screenid =Update_Acct
Regards,Guaranty Trust Bank Online® Banking Department
NB:
Our notification service sent this mail to you using a default setting and the information you supplied to us when your account was opened. If you wish to limit the type of mails you recieve or the email address(es) in use, please send a mail Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, GTBank will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.Visit our Privacy Policy and User
I’m not a GT Bank customer, so I wasn’t tricked. However, the email looks pretty legitimate, and the link looks legitimate as well. However, if you look at the actual link that the page directs you to, it’ GTBPLE.com and not GTBPLC.com. This is a minor detail that most people would miss, and would likely be tricked into “updating” your account information and conveniently giving away all your information to the scammer. In order to be secure, make sure that you never give away your personal information and always type in the URL to your online banking account rather than clicking links.
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6 Comments on “GT (Guarantee Trust) Bank Email Fraud Phishing Scam”
It would be easy to be tricked by an email like this, particularly if you held a GT bank account.
I often check my emails at
http://www.scamemail.co.uk
-its surprising how ‘real’ some of them look!
brian
I’m glad to know that Firefox is on top of things. When I clicked the link it immediately gave me a warning that it was a phishing scam. Kudos to Firefox!
I’m glad to know that Firefox is on top of things. When I clicked the link it immediately gave me a warning that it was a phishing scam. Kudos to Firefox!
Also Internet Explorer does that.That “UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT SITE” is been hosted on yahoo geocities.this is the link you get to when you click from internet explorer.
http://br.geocities.com/gtb_update/gtbs.htm
It would be easy to be tricked by an email like that for people who don’t really look at what they read on the Internet. I recently received on like that too but I instantly knew that it was a scam. This is the one I received…
Dear GTBank customer,
During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, we have detected a slight error in your account information.
This might be due to either of the following reasons:
1. A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address).
2. Submitting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
3. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due to an internal error within our automated teller machine (ATM) processors.
Please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:
https://ibank.gtbplc.com/ibank2/login.aspx
If your account information is not updated within 48 hours then your ability to access your account will become restricted.
Note: Username (Account Number) and Password are numeric. Refer to your e-banking signup form.
Thank you for choosing, Guaranty Trust Bank.
* Please do not respond to this email as your reply will not be received.
I am very saddened at the trend of this online scam by fellow Nigerians; as a Nigerian abroad, I know that our people are very hardworking, but for God’s sake, we do not need this negativity; Nigeria must be grown by Nigerians and we need to cut out all evil ways….I sincerely hope nobody falls for these scams, there are so many techno benefits aside ATM that we can copy from the west,but these fraudsters may just pollute the trust of the ordinary Nigerian with their evil ways.
Here’s one.
Dear beneficiary
This is to inform you that your funds of $287,500.00 have been deposited
in our transit account and will be available for immediate transfer into
your account which you are to set up, you are advice to open a Foreign
Currency Account with us where your winnings can be transferred into.
This account will be activated after you have made the initial deposit
from $100 USD and above as your account activation fee or you can open an
online account in our bank and make your transfer online into any account
of your choice.
please get back to me with the following information’s
1) Your Full Name:-………………………………………….
2) Your Cell Phone Number:-……………………………..
3) Your Resident Address and Country:-…………………………
Contact us now for more details.email:gtbaccountdept@w.cn
Yours faithfully,
For: GUARANTY TRUST BANK
Mr.jeffery james.
MGR, E-Business & Card Services
GTBank Tel: +234-70-56-64-2021