{"id":539282,"date":"2021-11-20T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=539282"},"modified":"2021-11-19T15:42:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T13:42:33","slug":"standard-bank-warns-of-new-scam-targeting-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/539282\/standard-bank-warns-of-new-scam-targeting-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Bank warns of new scam targeting customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Bank has warned of a new &#8216;smishing&#8217; scam targeting customers which could put their personal information at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The bank explained that &#8216;smishing&#8217; is when a fraudster sends you an SMS pretending to be a legitimate organisation, like Standard Bank, and tricks you into clicking on a link to share sensitive information which is used to access your digital banking profile to commit fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Other scammers use similar tactics, such as phoning or emailing, to notify you that fraud has been detected on your credit card or account, Standard Bank said.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Standard-Bank-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-539286 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Standard-Bank-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Standard-Bank-2.png 728w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Standard-Bank-2-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Standard Bank said that if you have received this SMS or similar \u2013 and you have accidentally clicked on the link and entered your details &#8211; you should do the following immediately:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are a South African customer, call the bank immediately on 0800 060 200 so that the digital fraud operations team can de-link the digital ID\/profile<\/li>\n<li>Alternatively, all customers in all countries can visit the Help Centre in the Banking App by selecting the \u2018?\u2019 icon on the welcome.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Standard Bank provided the following tips to be aware of while safe while banking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Standard Bank said it will never phone, email or SMS you and ask you to share any personal or banking information;<\/li>\n<li>The bank will never send SMSes to you that contain a link or attachments to download;<\/li>\n<li>Never share your one-time-pins (OTPs) with anyone, under any circumstances \u2013 even if they claim to be from the bank\u2019s fraud department;<\/li>\n<li>Never share your ATM PIN or accept help from anyone at an ATM;<\/li>\n<li>If you are suspicious of any fraudulent activity, call the 24\/7 fraud line immediately on 0800 020 600.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/534458\/we-compared-fuel-rewards-at-south-africas-biggest-banks-as-pump-prices-hit-record-highs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We compared fuel rewards at South Africa\u2019s biggest banks as pump prices hit record highs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Bank has warned of a new &#8216;smishing&#8217; scam targeting customers which could put their personal information at risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":514244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[961],"tags":[26,499],"class_list":["post-539282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banking","tag-headline","tag-standard-bank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539282"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":539734,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539282\/revisions\/539734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}