Comments on: GT (Guarantee Trust) Bank Email Fraud Phishing Scam

By: Mehdi

Mehdi — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:08:05 +0000

Hi.i just recived an email from anthony.cobinnah@gtbgahna.com that claims Gt bank deposited an online account for me in gtbclearinghouse.com and get me user and password.i’d be glad if guid me about that.
yours shaddel

By: jp

jp — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:24:19 +0000

Here’s one.

Dear beneficiary
This is to inform you that your funds of $287,500.00 have been deposited
in our transit account and will be available for immediate transfer into
your account which you are to set up, you are advice to open a Foreign
Currency Account with us where your winnings can be transferred into.
This account will be activated after you have made the initial deposit
from $100 USD and above as your account activation fee or you can open an
online account in our bank and make your transfer online into any account
of your choice.
please get back to me with the following information’s
1) Your Full Name:-………………………………………….
2) Your Cell Phone Number:-……………………………..
3) Your Resident Address and Country:-…………………………
Contact us now for more details.email:gtbaccountdept@w.cn

Yours faithfully,
For: GUARANTY TRUST BANK
Mr.jeffery james.
MGR, E-Business & Card Services
GTBank Tel: +234-70-56-64-2021

By: Foluke

Foluke — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:23:31 +0000

I am very saddened at the trend of this online scam by fellow Nigerians; as a Nigerian abroad, I know that our people are very hardworking, but for God’s sake, we do not need this negativity; Nigeria must be grown by Nigerians and we need to cut out all evil ways….I sincerely hope nobody falls for these scams, there are so many techno benefits aside ATM that we can copy from the west,but these fraudsters may just pollute the trust of the ordinary Nigerian with their evil ways.

By: Osas

Osas — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:18:54 +0000

It would be easy to be tricked by an email like that for people who don’t really look at what they read on the Internet. I recently received on like that too but I instantly knew that it was a scam. This is the one I received…

Dear GTBank customer,

During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, we have detected a slight error in your account information.

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address).
2. Submitting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
3. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due to an internal error within our automated teller machine (ATM) processors.

Please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:

https://ibank.gtbplc.com/ibank2/login.aspx

If your account information is not updated within 48 hours then your ability to access your account will become restricted.

Note: Username (Account Number) and Password are numeric. Refer to your e-banking signup form.

Thank you for choosing, Guaranty Trust Bank.

* Please do not respond to this email as your reply will not be received.

By: Ekundayo Emmanuel

Ekundayo Emmanuel — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:53:59 +0000

IÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢m glad to know that Firefox is on top of things. When I clicked the link it immediately gave me a warning that it was a phishing scam. Kudos to Firefox!

Also Internet Explorer does that.That “UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT SITE” is been hosted on yahoo geocities.this is the link you get to when you click from internet explorer.

http://br.geocities.com/gtb_update/gtbs.htm

By: Count DeMonet

Count DeMonet — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:52:46 +0000

I’m glad to know that Firefox is on top of things. When I clicked the link it immediately gave me a warning that it was a phishing scam. Kudos to Firefox!

By: brian

brian — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:44:22 +0000

It would be easy to be tricked by an email like this, particularly if you held a GT bank account.

I often check my emails at
http://www.scamemail.co.uk
-its surprising how ‘real’ some of them look!

brian