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This week alone, I received 3 phishing* emails related to maybank2u. Looks like there are people working very hard to get easy money.

Dear Maybank Customer,

Your immediate attention is required to restore access to your Maybank account as it was deactivate for security reasons. The deactivation was due to a serious security problem discovered in your account and financial details.

Proceed to reactivate your account buy following the below M2U Account Activation Portal.

Inactive accounts will be terminated within 24 hours after notice. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Security Officer

What should you do if you received phishing email such as above?
If you are using Gmail, then most probably, this email will be in your Gmail spam folder instead of your inbox.

If it’s still able to reach your inbox, delete it off.

But … before deleting it, report it first. You can submit your report to Malaysian Computer Emergency Response Team Although there is only a slim chance that they would be caught, but if you and I keep on reporting, they would one day. Let’s help to make our online activities/life safer.

For more details on how to submit your email header when reporting, please refer here.

If you are using Gmail, don’t forget to report it to Google too. Open the email, click on the down arrow button next to reply (top right side of your email) and select ‘Report Phishing’. A screen like this will pop up.

Click on the ‘Report Phishing Message’ and you just help Google to filter such emails on other users Gmail. Lets help to make the web a safer place.

*phishing – The luring of an internet user to reveal personal details (like passwords and credit card information) on a fake web page or email form pretending to come from a legitimate company (like their bank)