Alert issued on bogus emails, website

June 14, 2011

The Monetary Authority today issued an alert on an email purporting to be sent from the Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) requesting customers use an embedded hyperlink to connect to a fraudulent website (www.rumahbatik.com/na/standardchartered.htm).
 
The fake site looks similar to the bank’s Internet banking logon webpage. The bank has clarified it has not sent the emails and has no connection with the bogus site. It does not have a policy of sending emails asking customers to provide their passwords or verify their account information online.
 
Anyone who has provided personal information to the website, or conducted financial transactions through it, should contact the bank on 2886 8868 or Police.