US-based gaming Web site, The Game Monsters, has been implicated in the latest of round of phishing scams targeting Westpac customers, according to security experts.
Westpac customers have been targeted by scammers seeking their customer number and password.
Phishers keen on relieving Westpac customers of their online banking details are exploiting the "hardware problems" which have been cited by Australia's fourth largest bank to explain outages.
The past several weeks have seen a rash of "phishing" expeditions, where fraudulent spam has been sent out attempting to trick the recipients into providing their bank account details.
The online banking system of Westpac was crippled several times and its customers were the target of a phishing attack but the bank has denied the two incidents were related.
A new phishing e-mail aimed at diverting donations to the Australian Paralympic Team has emerged -- complete with a coding error which means that the cold-hearted scam is unlikely to work.
Phishing complaints from Westpac customers have massively declined since the height of the hoax last year, according to the bank.
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