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I got an email disguised as a BPI Express Online official mail. It was a phishing attempt targetted at BPI clients.

E-mail subject: “Confirm Your Account”

Message:

Dear Customer,
BPI Express continue to provide security controls to protect information about you, we believe it is extremely important for you to share in the responsibility for security. Notice to ensure that only you have access your BPI Express online account and to ensure a safe experience, we require for your account information for better security.

To verify your Information at this time, please visit our secure server webform by clicking the link below…
http s :// w ww.bpiexpressonline. com/accountactivi ties-logon/

If I wasn’t vigilant, I could have fallen for it. But the URL of the link (when clicked) turned out to be an external URL (not within bpiexpressonline.)  That was the give-away.

My tips to spot a phishing attempt:

• e-mail comes from a “stranger”, an un-familiar sender
• It asks for sensitive information (e.g. username, password, credit card information)
• It asks you to open a URL or file that is un-familiar to you (thus, NOT trustworthy, given the sensitive information it asks for).

What to do when you receive a phishing attempt:

• Ignore. If you don’t give out sensitive info, you should be safe
• Report. Gmail has a phishing report feature. This helps Netizens fight back against phishing.
• Be vigilant, inform your friends and loved ones about this modus operandi.

Folks at BPI Express Online should be more pro-active in avoiding phishing and online banking fraud for the sake of BPI Clients. What they can do: Keep customers informed, help their customers remain vigilant of these phishing attempts.

Who has a contact at BPI Express Online? Could you forward this article to them?

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