If you get this email with the subject “Protection Setting Available” from ABSA Security Board, mark it as spam and delete it.
I ran some security checks on this site and it did not qualify as an ABSA site. It may look like the site but it isn’t. I entered some make believe account numbers and pins and it still allowed me to the next page to type in my password. Then it supposedly sent me a text message to my cellphone that i had to input on the next page.
Same test done on the real ABSA site didn’t even allow me to enter a make believe account number and move on to the next page. So just a warning to my South African readers, beware! Oh, and just to mention, I’m not even an ABSA customer…so where did they supposedly get my details from?
ABSA haven’t put this up on their site yet so I hope they pick up on it soon.
Here’s the email:
Dear Customer,
During our security research, we observed that our new 2010 Security Certificate Portfolio Launch was not successfully instilled for your online account , you can complete this section
with online security page below and the program security Certificate software will be automatically Launched to protect you from any online Phishing attacks and unauthorized access into your online account, you can also visit your nearest branch for this service Certificate.
Absa Security Board.
