Japan Post Bank Unauthorized Withdrawal Request for Account Confirmation by Envelope or Email September 25, 6:35
Japan Post Bank has revealed the damage caused by illegal withdrawal of savings of about 60 million yen through the electronic payment service, and Japan Post Bank plans to send a letter or email to the customer and ask for confirmation of the account to check for other damage. ..
At the same time, we are calling attention to the possibility that someone may send a fake e-mail for the purpose of asking for the PIN code.
Japan Post Bank announced on the 24th that there were about 380 allegations of fraudulent withdrawal of savings through the linked electronic funds transfer service, amounting to about 60 million yen.
In addition to this, transactions suspected of being fraudulent have been found in about 600 accounts, such as high-value remittances being made immediately after linking with an electronic payment service in an elderly person's account, and confirmation is urgent.
In the future, banks will send envelopes and emails to approximately 5.5 million accounts of all customers who use the electronic funds transfer service to check for other damages, asking them to confirm any unfamiliar transactions.
We call for confirmation of balance etc. in the passbook, and the bank never asks for the account number or PIN.
However, the bank is also calling for caution, saying that there is a risk that someone will send a fake e-mail to ask for the PIN etc. in order to take advantage of this and illegally withdraw the savings.