Scammers rob Cayman bank account
(CNS): A woman living in the UK has lost funds in her Cayman Islands bank account after she fell for an email scam. The RCIPS said the Financial Crimes Unit received a report about the client of a local bank who received an email purportedly from that bank stating that her account had been logged into from an unusual location outside the Cayman Islands. She was given a link to log-in to secure the account, which she clicked on and later discovered that funds were transferred from her account and later withdrawn.
“The RCIPS FCU is advising the public not to click on any links received in emails purporting to be from local banks or any other banks or institutions asking them to secure their account or change details,” the police said. “These emails should be deleted and account holders should contact their bank directly.”
Anyone affected by these types of phishing emails is asked to contact the RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit at RCIPS.FCU@rcips.ky or 649 8797
scammers getting scammed makes God Smile
I too have received such an email from CNB, two within the past week. The email comes from an edu address and no matter what you click it leads to what looks like an actual CNB login page. I also don’t have an account at CNB so I have no concern just curiosity. Always check the email address. Banks would never use yahoo, edu or any such web address. I assume for security they would buy their own domain name. I’m not an IT person so excuse me if I’m using the wrong terms.
I like the irony of someone ripping of someone’s bank account in the Caymans.
Where are The Caymans? Is that someplace like The Channels or The Virgins?
Oh dear, you are not as smart as you think. The Caymans comprise of Grand Cayman and the Lesser Caymans, just in the as one refers to the Bahamas. It is a perfectly accurate term with good historic lineage.
Very condescending. For your edification ‘The Caymans’ isn’t used locally, ‘The Cayman Islands’ is the term historically used, and one which you will find only used locally. The ‘lesser Caymans’ implies a subservience to Grand Cayman and one which is avoided locally due to the historic nature of not wanting to refer to Little Cayman or Cayman Brac as ‘lesser’. These nuances are again lost on anyone outside of Cayman, or The Cayman Islands, but not ‘The Caymans’.
Do not show your ignorance up more. Historically the term was almost exclsuively “the Caymans”. I have a nautical chart on my wall with the terms “Caymans” and “Lesser Caymans” on it. As to the pathetic “subservient” common, learn some geography before you go around spouting made up crap. The “Sisters Islands” was a recent term created as a political fop to the supersensitivities of the residents of the Lesser Caymans.
Rubbish. The Bahamas is the actual name of that country. The Cayman Islands is the name of ours. Please use it. Thats all. The Caymans is a term/name coined in the international press within the more recent past.
But the nice man from the bank was so polite and he seemed so sincere in his efforts to help with my password and my PIN and, of course, no one from my family ever calls me, so it was so lovely to talk to this nice man……
YOUR BANK WILL NEVER EMAIL YOU, BUT BEWARE OF CALLS FROM ‘YOUR BANK’ ASKING YOU TO CALL BACK (IF THEY DO NOT HANG UP YOU ARE STILL CONNECTED TO THE SCAMMER’S PHONE). IF YOU MUST CALL BACK, USE ANOTHER PHONE.
If someone logged onto your account and wired funds out, wouldn’t there be a very clear trail to the recipient account for a wire recall?
The money won’t hang around in the account it was sent to, usually gets broken up into smaller chunks and sent on.
I received the same email. My one claimed it was from Cayman National. I always treat these emails as a scam but it did help that I don’t have a bank account with that bank.
It still amazes me that people are so gullible to fall for these scams! Banks DO NOT send you emails to verify your security information people! Get informed and take responsibility for your bank accounts. Smh……
Knowing which bank would help.
Yes, which bank allowed their customers bank account to be emptied without contacting them first to verify the transaction.
Cayman still has enough secrecy that they try to not reveal too much about crime. Keeps paradise sunny.
Why? Every bank in Cayman, and probably the rest of the world have these types of scams, the message is don’t click on a link from anyone, and better yet don’t click on a link and hand over your login details to your bank account.