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August 20, 2006

PNB Internet Banking Phishing Scam

This was forwarded to me by Jun the other night. It’s an email pretending to be a Philippine National Bank Secure Verification Process. See copy of the email below:

From: pnb @ pnb. com. ph Date: Aug 18, 2006 7:55 PM
Subject: Philippine National Bank Secure Verification Process

Dear Philippine National Bank User,

As part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to improve our services, we are undertaking a period review of our member accounts.

You are requested to visit our site by following the link given below

https://ibs.pnb.com.ph/default.asp

Please fill in the required information.

This is required for us to continue to offer you a safe and risk free environment to run your auctions, and maintain the Philippine National Bank Experience.

Thank you,
Accounts Management

As outlined in our User Agreement Philippine National Bank will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.

Though the URLs may seem to reflect that of PNB, they are linked to a site with IP 72.29.74.83. The URL is redirected to http://72.29.74.83/%7Eborderb/images/www.pnb.com.ph/default/default.htm which would look like a PNB Online Banking website.

PNB users should be warned from this and should report similar emails asap. The data center where the IP is assigned to is HostDime. I have already emailed their abuse department about this phishing scam and hopefull they would shut it down asap.

Other search terms:

  • pnb com ph
  • www pnb com ph

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13 Responses to “PNB Internet Banking Phishing Scam”

  1. Joseph says:
    Sun, October 1 at 9:11 pm

    I got one too last Thursday, from securityteam@pnb.com.ph

    Dear PNB Account Holder

    During our regularly scheduled account maintenance
    and verification procedures, we were unable to verify your account information.

    This might be due to either one of the following reasons:

    1. A recent change in your personal information (ie change of address).

    2. Submitting invalid information during the initial enrollment process.

    3. An inability to accurately verify your account information due to an internal error within our processors.

    We demand that you take 5 minutes out of your online experience and renew your records to avoid running into any future problems with the online service. However, failure to update your records will result in your account suspension. Once you have updated your account records your internet banking service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

    Please follow the link below and renew your account information.

    Thank you for your patience. Sincerely, PNB Customer Service

    The link is:
    http://67.15.12.120/stats/www.pnb.com.ph/default/default.htm

    Reply
  2. Elias G. Aurora says:
    Tue, December 11 at 11:05 am

    I would only like to update my accounts..

    Reply
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  4. michael ian e. talingdan says:
    Thu, April 10 at 11:20 am

    i would like to update my balance accounts…

    Reply
  5. Jollibee says:
    Mon, April 14 at 2:06 pm

    i would like to update my balance account…

    Reply
  6. Moses says:
    Mon, August 10 at 3:12 pm

    Moses…

    an interesting take on a interesting subject….

    Reply
  7. Tyra says:
    Mon, August 10 at 3:17 pm

    Tyra…

    once again you outdid yourself…

    Reply
  8. rhex says:
    Fri, October 29 at 9:12 pm

    would like to know the system transaction thru internet

    Reply
  9. rodel raola says:
    Fri, May 6 at 6:45 pm

    i want to activate my online banking,its blocked

    Reply
  10. jeffrey lopez says:
    Sun, May 15 at 1:27 am

    i want to know if my account is active or not #2425137827

    Reply
  11. i want to know if my says:
    Sat, June 4 at 5:35 pm

    for balance inquiry

    Reply
  12. jeremias San Pedro says:
    Sat, June 4 at 5:38 pm

    i want to know my blance

    Reply
  13. frangeline says:
    Wed, August 17 at 6:05 am

    i want to know my balance

    Reply

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