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Phishing. This is a scam that comes to you in an email. It is an attempt to trap you into revealing your bank account number and your password.
A recent one pretended to be from the Commonwealth Bank, offering you $25 added to your account if you take part in a simple survey. But the URL (www) given was not Commonwealth Bank.
If you clicked on this link, not only would you risk giving away your bank details and exposing your money to thieves, you could also risk picking up a "Trojan" from the site. It could even be "ransom ware", which encrypts your files and can only be undone if you pay a ransom to the thieves.
So don't open it, or anything like it. Just delete it. Double delete by marking the email and holding the shift key on your keyboard while pressing the delete key on your keyboard.
Gangs of criminals are targeting the cash machines all over the world. The pictures below were taken at Hammersmith Underground station in London on 21st October '04. The first picture details how the Barclays Bank cash machine normally looks. The criminals have been fitting portable card readers to the machines which steal the card details. The second picture shows how the cash machine looks after the cloning device has been fitted with double sided tape.
Standard Barclays Cash Machine
Tampered Barclays Cash Machine with Reader Device fitted
This type of Reader Device is unlikely to be limited to Barclays Bank you meet it anywhere. Be alert. If there is anything unfamiliar about the machine you are about to use Find another one.
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