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Permanent Tsb

Phishing Scam E-mails

The email claiming to be from Permanent Tsb and instructing you to confirm your banking details to lift restrictions on your account appears to be a phishing scam. Phishing e-mails are e-mails from scam artists who use official looking webpages designed to trick you into believing they are from a corporate website that you have an account with. Once you are at the site, they will ask you to provide or verify personal information such as bank account information, credit card information, social security information and password information. If you get such an e-mail, you should delete it and do not provide any of the requested information. However, if you are not convinced that you have a fraudulent e-mail, please contact Permanent Tsb directly and explain the e-mail you received. If you give out any personal information, contact Permanent Tsb immediately and depending on what information you gave out, it may be wise to take measures to protect against identity theft (e.g. contact credit agencies, close accounts, cleanse computer). Many e-mail solicitations that appear to be phishing e-mails are set forth throughout this website and below:

Permanent Tsb

To:
Subject:	Confirm Your Online Banking Details.
From:	"Permanent Tsb" <onlineservice@permanenttsb.ie>
Date:	Fri, 22 Sep 2006 06:05:40 -0400

Dear Sir/Madam,

Permanent tsb is constantly working to increase security for all Online Banking users. To ensure the integrity of our online payment system, we periodically review accounts. Your account might be restricted due to numerous login attempts into your online account. Restricted accounts continue to receive payments, but they are limited in their ability to send or withdraw funds. To lift up this restriction, you need to confirm your online banking details.

Click on the following link to confirm your online banking details.

https://www.open24.ie/online/login.aspx

*Important*
You are required to provide all necessary information completely and correctly otherwise, due to security reasons, we may have to close your account temporarily.

Security Advisor
Permanent Tsb

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