Comments on: Beware of Fake Online Banking Sites

By: lioninvestor

lioninvestor — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:32:50 +0000

Hi Jasmin,

That is the purpose of the fake site. To bluff the user into entering the token as well.

If you noticed, DBS now requires you to enter the token again when you are doing any fund transfer. So even if the scammers do manage to login, I doubt they can do the fund transfer.

No, I don’t but according to the news, the fake page also requires user to give away the token on the first page.

By: Jasmin

Jasmin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:59:55 +0000

Hi lioninvestor,
The token generates a number only known to the person holding it at that moment. Even if the hacker got the username and password, the 3rd “blank” given by the token is hard to fill. Is this sufficient to prevent hacking?

Have you any info on other fake banking websites such as OCBC or UOB?

Thanks.

By: lioninvestor

lioninvestor — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:46:38 +0000

Hi Jasmin,

If not for the warning, I think most people would have be taken in by the fake website..

By: Jasmin

Jasmin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:00:50 +0000

On a first glance, I did not know the difference between the real and fake login page!
How terrible and careless am I !

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