A phishing email purportedly from AIB is doing the rounds at the moment trying to access a user’s personal details.
Tech Buzz Ireland reported that the email is being sent to users and looks very close to a genuine AIB email. According to Jim O’Brien of Tech Buzz, people are advised to block the sender and report the email.
People are advised to share this information with their friends, especially their parents or elderly neighbours who may believe that this is indeed a legitimate AIB email.
It must be noted that NO bank ever requests personal details via email.
The website advised the following and included a screenshot of the email which you can see at the bottom of this article:
“If you have received an email from ‘AIB Business Banking <[email protected]>’ entitled ‘iBB is about to get an update!’ this email is a genuine email from AIB. There are no links to any pages asking for your banking details in this email.
If you have received an email from ‘First Trust Bank’ ([email protected]) entitled “Changes to how you access and use Online Services” this email is a genuine email from First Trust Bank. There are no links to any pages asking for your banking details in this email.
If you have received an email from ‘AIB Personal Banking’ ([email protected]) entitled “Changes to how you login and use Online Banking Services” this email is a genuine email from AIB. There are no links to any pages asking for your banking details in this email.
If you have received an email from ‘AIB Business Banking’ ([email protected]) entitled “Changes to how you login and use Online Banking Services” this email is a genuine email from AIB. There are no links to any pages asking for your banking details in this email.
If you have received an email from ‘AIB Personal Banking’ ([email protected]) entitled “Deposit rate change to your account” this email is a genuine email from AIB. There are no links to any pages asking for your banking details in this email.
If you have received a SMS from ‘AIB’ regarding the inability of processing payments on your account this is a genuine SMS from AIB. There are no links to any pages asking for your banking details in this SMS’.”
