There are way too many make money online tricks and phony bank emails circulating these days for you to trust everything you read. Phishing has become a real problem since so many people rely solely on Internet banking and the likes, and it is dangerous to put all of your personal details out there. When it comes to internet banking, FNB, ABSA, Nedbank and Standard Bank will never ask you to share your password or follow a link in their email that takes you to your Internet banking page. These emails are from fraudsters, as original as the emails seem to be, following a link like this will more than likely take you to one of their deceptive websites and just by doing that they will have access to your bank account.
Too many gullible people fall for these false opportunities and don’t recognize the make money online tricks and phony bank emails when they see them. The same goes for these wonderful “job opportunities” that say you can make “R30 000 in a week forwarding emails, all you have to do to get started to deposit R1000 into this account for your training material”. If this was true, everyone in the world could be rich and no one would have money problems. This is a typical example of a false opportunity, but so many people fall for it because it’s an opportunity they can’t let slip and besides, these mails are so convincing, why wouldn’t one fall for it?
Deceptive websites are all over the Internet, but for you to be the judge of what’s real and what’s not isn’t always that easy. Phishing has always been a problem, but it is even worse now and banks like Nedbank, Standard Bank, FNB and ABSA can’t stress the fact enough; they do not ask for your personal details or Internet banking details via email! Always pay attention to what you read and think carefully before responding to anything you think might be a make money online trick or phony bank emails.