ICICI bank customer loses Rs. 92K in phishing attack

Amanjit Singh a tea estate employee, who actively used internet for banking transactions has found a sum of Rs.92,000 missing from his bank account. He recently received an email, which lured him into entering his bank account details on the pretext of the bank 'updating' its computer system.

An email which looks identical to the bank's email and asks for sensitive information like bank account username, password, or credit card details has been the favorite tool of phishers to elicit vital details. Looks like Amanjit also fell into the trap.

He had an account in the Kolkata branch of ICICI Bank and has reported the matter to the police. According to the report filed by him Rs. 92,000 were withdrawn and transferred to an account operated from Chennai. Police has registered a case of cheating under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the IT act.

ICICI Bank has detailed guidelines on its website on how to deal with phishing. In fact the bank has taken numerous measures to make its customers aware about phishing.