Bank Negara cautions public of bogus emails using its name

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has cautioned the public on bogus emails using the central bank's name that purportedly requires the recipient to click and download an attachment. 

BNM informed the public to ignore these emails entitled “Security Verification” and not to download the attachment. 

The central bank explained how the fraudsters would seek to deceive the victims.

Firstly, the intended victims receive emails entitled “Security Verification” purportedly from BNM informing them that there is an incoming payment for their account. The victims are required to complete security verification by downloading the attachment provided.  READ MORE ....