RMF 24: Scammers try to misuse customer data PKO BP – Interia

Beware of fake e-mails! This time the hackers pretend to be bank PKO BP – alerts us to the Hotline RMF FM.

This is the example of a fake email.

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For several days the Polish Internet users get e-mails titled “Verify your account Inteligo” and indicating to block the bank account. Fraudulent e-mails come from postal addresses that are not in the domain of PKO BP bank, only free accounts. Your should also arouse suspicion page, which sends a message – because it is not the official website of the bank. Vigilance should also arouse the same e-mail text. Banks never send a request to enter confidential data electronically.

on the suspicious mail is best not to respond and not to enter the specified page. Under no circumstances give out your personal information, username, passwords, telephone number or data on your card.
What if, however, gave the fraudsters fool? Bank PKO BP is recommended as soon as possible telephone contact with a consultant under number 801 307 307 (the number for callers in the country) or +48 81 535 60 60 (the number for callers in the country from abroad and from mobile phones).
And yet some advice from the bank for using Internet banking. Remember to:

1. make sure the connection is encrypted, making sure the website address in the browser starts with https: //

2. make sure the bar at the top or bottom of the screen (depending on the browser used) appears with a closed padlock icon – the presence of a padlock indicates that the page is secured safety certificate, and the connection is encrypted. When you click on the padlock you can validate and current certificate.