KBank announces the cancellation of sending SMS messages attached to a link to prevent fraudulent fraud

Kasikorn Bank Announcing the cancellation of sending SMS with a link attached, publicizing general news, notifying promotions, and notifying credit card transactions. account activity Detailed information regarding products and services to increase safety for customers. Except the information that customers request through the bank’s channels.

Today (February 21), news reports say Kasikorn Bank Public Company Limited sends messages to customers. Notification of cancellation of sending SMS with attached link to increase safety for customers Effective from February 16, the SMS with a link has been canceled, including publicizing general news, notifying promotions, notifying credit card transactions / account movements. Product and service details information, if you receive an SMS with a link attached It will definitely not be a message from the bank. Except the information that customers request through the bank’s channels.

However, nowadays, there are frequent online thefts. Which most often occurs in a large number of SMS, Email and Social Media channels, all of which are fraudulent in order to obtain important customer information. Leading to financial transactions that cause many damages. In the past, customers often received strange SMS messages, such as “You received a loan”, “You received free recharge”, “You have been approved for a low-interest loan”.

There are suggestions for observing which type of SMS from the bank, which type is real, which type is fake, for example, the sender’s name must be reliable. And not a strange number, the content must not be urgent, exaggerated, or send important information via SMS, links must be noticed carefully. If it is a strange URL, do not press it. And the bank does not have a policy to send SMS with attached links to increase the safety of customers. (except the information that the customer requests through the bank’s channels)

Kasikorn Bank KASIKORN BANK has opened three channels to report cyber threat information: Line and Facebook KBank Live. and a center to receive reports and provide information regarding financial threats from fraud, Tel. 02-8888-888, press 001.

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