Maybank phishing emails

Of late, me and numerous others have been receiving emails purportedly from Maybank telling us about the status of our account.

For those who use webmails to read your emails and if the webmail does not throw this mail to the junk mail, check with your administrator about this.
For those who believe that the email above was genuine, I hope you have not click on the link and entered your information as requested.  If you have, make a report to the bank immediately.

Take note that banks do not

1. Do not provide you a little extra help by suspending your account access.
2. Email to you to ask you to validate your information. In any situation you will need either need to present yourself at the bank counter or go through telephone banking after validation.
3. Banks do not email from AOL accounts. 

4. If you note closely, the link goes to  a dubious website.

5. Not all actions need a Transaction Authorization Code (TAC) especially at login. It is only used to conduct important transaction such as paying someone, transferring money to someone or changing your online account password.
6. Finally, if you are unsure, do not hesitate to contact Maybank directly and ask about this email authenticity. You may contact Maybank at 1-300-88-6688 

Both ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Antivirus offers phishing link protection against these sort of targeted threats. ESET Smart Security with its anti-spam control will ensure that you will not be needing to read this fake email as it gets moved to your junk mail. 

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