By Staff
August 24, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
“You are only able to use your existing security device until 26 August 2016” said a note from what the sender wanted us to believe was from the TD Bank.
The message was not from the TD Bank – it was from someone who wants the reader to think that.
The message goes on to say:
“Effective 27 August 2016, you will be required to log on to your Web Business Banking with the new synchronized master key. To avoid any disruption to your Web Business Banking service, we encourage you to upgrade immediately.”
“Your online security is our priority, for more detailed information please see the attached PDF document enclosed.”
“Your new Security Device upgrade is pin-protected and will provide you with an additional level of protection. All Web Business Banking users who do not upgrade there Security Devices in due time will be deactivated and unable to authorize transactions.
[TD Canada Trust]
[Commercial Banking Operations]
The spelling mistake we highlighted it in red for you is one of the give aways – banks don’t communicate with their clients this way.
Even though inceasingly notice minor grammatical and spelling errors in legitimate correspondence, mainstream periodicals and even books I find it even easier to spot when English is not the online, text message, etc spammer’s first language. That’s my first alarm bell going off.