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07 Sep 2006
The Bank of Ireland has backtracked on an earlier decision and has agreed to refund victims of a phishing scam in which customers lost a total of €113,000 (£76,770).
The bank had previously claimed that "customers' personal log-on information is their responsibility and customers should never disclose this information to anyone".
Several customers lost between €5,000 and €16,000 after typing their log-in details into fake websites, and one user is thought to have had €49,000 removed from their account.
Financial institutions in Ireland have set up the High-Tech Crime Forum in response to the growing problem of cyber-crime and to deal with future attacks. The group is still being set up but it is expected to meet every two months.
Police involvement in the body means that it may have access to fraud information from across Europe provided by Interpol and Europol.
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REFUND OF ONLINE ROBARY?
Can we hope of other UK BANKS to follow the exampel of BANK OF IRELAND and refund the Victims who lost in ONLINE BANKING?
Posted by: Kamath 15 May 2008
fight phishers
if u get a phishing email rightclick on the link in it the fake banks website address and select copy shortcut then go to phishfighting.com in the blank spacebar on the site leftclick then rightclick and select paste and the link from the fake email u were sent should now be on phishfigting.coms site then click the go button and every 20 seconds from then on the scammer will be sent fake details thus clogging up their inboxes with useless info!!!!!! hurray lets fight back this way too..but call the cops to, phishings a crime..demand they investigate and haslle your mp to get phishers traced and caught..bring back hanging as their punishment
Posted by: Dc sore 13 Sep 2006
Does reporting scams do any good
We are told that when we get these phishing e-mails we should forward them to the police and/or the bank concerned but does this do any good? Are the police able to trace the sites and/or the criminals and/or the bank accounts where the money goes?
Posted by: John J 07 Sep 2006