BDO Unibank, Inc. said it is taking measures to prevent phishing, warning its clients to be cautious in providing personal and financial information.
In a statement on Thursday, July 26, BDO said it is taking extra measures to thwart or minimize the impact of phishing or harvesting sensitive information through deceiving unsuspecting clients.
“BDO is taking extra measures… such as monitoring the Internet for the phony messages and sites, and implementing additional authentication procedures,” BDO said.
The e-mail messages usually contain links that, when clicked, may lead clients to what appears to be their bank’s Internet banking login page/website. Some links may generate a pop-up window requesting clients to enter confidential personal and financial information.
The Bank said it will never ask clients to change their password through an e-mail request. “The change of Internet banking passwords should be done only after they have successfully logged on to the secure BDO online banking sites,” BDO said in its statement.
BDO also reminded its customers to watch out for links in the e-mail that redirects them to a different website. “Make sure to personally type the website address (or URL) in the address bar of the browser to get the desired website,” it said. — Karl Angelo N. Vidal

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