The Mauritius Commercial Bank (Seychelles) has issued a security alert to all its customers about an Internet scam aimed at stealing its clients’ identity.
In an advertisement in the national daily, Seychelles Nation, MCB says, email messages alleging to come from the bank are inviting Internet Banking (IB) customers to log in their account via a link.
This in effect could lead to clients’ accounts being re-activated remotely.
The bank says the messages are part of a scam known as “phishing” aimed at stealing the IB customers’ user ID and pass word,
MCB has assured its clients that it provides adequate security measures, such as cryptographic standards to protect their financial information and transactions as they are being transmitted over the Internet.
Meanwhile, the bank is taking this situation very seriously. It has published on its website a list of precautionary measures all clients must take to further enhance security and protect themselves from unauthorised access to their personal financial information.
The measures include; protection of password, logging out correctly, clearing history and setting daily transfer limit.
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