Beware of phishing. Phishers are now targeting Philippine banks. The latest bank to be targeted by phishing scams is BPI Expressonline site as reported in Technobiography. I bank online using BPI Expressonline and Union Bank so it certainly raised my scam alert level.

Phishing sounds like fishing. In phishing, we are the fish and phishers are throwing baits at us in the form of a cunningly written email usually asking for username and/or passwords to legitimate sites or enticing us to click on a deceptively constructed link to a phishing site.

Just how well are these emails written? Take a look at what Ka Edong of Technobiography received.

Dear Customer,
BPI Express continue to provide security controls to protect information about you, we believe it is extremely important for you to share in the responsibility for security. Notice to ensure that only you have access your BPI Express online account and to ensure a safe experience, we require for your account information for better security.

To verify your Information at this time, please visit our secure server webform by clicking the link below…

http s :// w ww.bpiexpressonline. com/accountactivi ties-logon/

Technobiography also has tips on how to detect and avoid phishing. Also, use OpenDNS as your DNS. They have anti-phishing technology in place to protect you. Just remember all these are not 100% (what is?). You still have to tread the interweb with caution.