Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
The AIB scam text message below, with a link to helpaib.com, which claims the recipients' card has been placed on hold, is being sent by cybercriminals. The aim of the cybercriminals is to trick their potential victims into clicking the link in the fake text message, which goes to a fake and phishing AIB website that steals account credentials, personal and financial information.
AIB: Due to unusual activity, your card has been placed on hold. Please visit helpaib.com and follow the instructions there.
So far, potential victims have received the AIB scam text message from the following telephone numbers:
If you have received a AIB scam text, please do not click the link it, just ignore it. Post it in a comment below along with the telephone number it came from. This will inform others.
If you were tricked by the scam text and submitted your financial information to the phishing website you were taken to after clicking the link, please contact your bank for help before your information is used fraudulenlty.
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AIB: Due to unusual activity, your card has been placed on hold. Please visit aib-supports.com and follow the on-screen instructions to re-activate.Phone number 0871518913
Same scam here:“AIB: Due to unusual activity, your card has been placed on hold. Please visit aib.auth.id-31.com and follow the on-screen instructions to re-activate.” The number is 0871500982
Same scam here. THE LINK IS helpcenter-security.com. The usual, unusual activity on account and a hold is on your card. From No. 0857672376
another one 353857672376
Got a text message from 353 767 2376Unusual activity- AIB
got a text message from 353857672376
