{"id":6689,"date":"2018-07-30T14:22:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T06:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/?p=6689"},"modified":"2021-07-15T18:08:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T10:08:05","slug":"avoid-phishing-with-these-tips-from-bdo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2018\/07\/30\/avoid-phishing-with-these-tips-from-bdo\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid Phishing with These Tips from BDO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since the world first made it online, people have been split into two groups: those who advocated the convenience it provided and those who claimed that it created new ways for criminals to fool others.<\/p>\n

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The advent of online banking has made transactions a breeze. However, it also made scams easier to enact. One of the more common scams is \u201cphishing,\u201d<\/strong> which are email scams designed to obtain sensitive banking information and other personal data.<\/p>\n

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These emails usually contain links that could lead clients to pages that look like the bank\u2019s login page. Some links may also generate a pop-up window requesting clients to enter personal and financial information.<\/p>\n

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As one of the biggest banks in the country, BDO employs online banking. Although the bank has already taken steps to minimize the impact of phishing, they would still like to remind their clients to take extra caution and have issued the following reminders:<\/p>\n