scam site circulating through sms?

jeanjolie

Hello, I don't know if people know about this but about an hour ago I received a text saying that my account had been blocked. It did look very suspicious as the text appeared 'off' in the formatting along with appearing very generic.

http://i.imgur.com/8j8BySj.png

I'm a bit confused now. The number typed in google '(01) 404 4000' appears to come from the genuine BOI site. In Google however from my reasonable knowledge of computers along with scam attempts in the past, I believe it's definitely fraudulent. Here's a screenshot of the site.



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1.) The site doesn't have the 'https' protocol used by banks 

2.)  all the links are unclickable

3.) the website is laid out in an unusual manner for the standard BOI

4.)  worst of all, the site asks for the username, 365 pin and phone number all in one and the entire text is visible.

Is this the legitimate BOI site or a fake?

Bank of Ireland: Darren

jeanjolie wrote: »

Hello, I don't know if people know about this but about an hour ago I received a text saying that my account had been blocked. It did look very suspicious as the text appeared 'off' in the formatting along with appearing very generic.

http://i.imgur.com/8j8BySj.png

I'm a bit confused now. The number typed in google '(01) 404 4000' appears to come from the genuine BOI site. In Google however from my reasonable knowledge of computers along with scam attempts in the past, I believe it's definitely fraudulent. Here's a screenshot of the site.



[LINK REMOVED - ADMIN]

1.) The site doesn't have the 'https' protocol used by banks 

2.)  all the links are unclickable

3.) the website is laid out in an unusual manner for the standard BOI

4.)  worst of all, the site asks for the username, 365 pin and phone number all in one and the entire text is visible.

Is this the legitimate BOI site or a fake?

Hi jeanjolie,

Thanks for getting in touch with us on Boards. 

I can confirm that this is a fraudulent message and site. I would ask if you have replied to the message or given any information in the linked web-page please call our customer service section as soon as you can on 0818 365 365 (or 00353 1 4044000 if you're abroad) so that the advisers there can take note of what information was given and take the necessary steps depending on what was disclosed. 

If you have not answered this message or given any information I would then ask that you delete the original message that you received.
Thank you again for sending this on to us and I will be reporting this to our security team.

Thanks again, 
Darren.