Tips to avoid identity theft

Tips to avoid identity theft:

 

Think Twice

Don’t open e-mail attachments or mobile messages if you don’t trust the source or don’t know what it is.
 

Strength in your password

Thieves can run through dictionary programmes to crack ordinary passwords. Create passwords with a combination of letters, numbers and characters. Find a pattern that will be easy to remember, but impossible to guess.

Keep secrets

Standard Bank will never call and ask you to confirm your PIN or OTP telephonically, you will also never be expected to send it to us via e-mail or through messenger. If somebody is asking you to do this, they do not represent the bank. 

Question every link

Criminals can make websites that look just like your online banking environment and fool you into inputting your username and PIN. Always open a fresh browser and type the address in yourself. 

Don’t hide things in plain site

It can be hard to remember all your passwords and PIN’s but don’t save them on your laptop, also, always make sure that your devices auto-lock and are password protected. 

Encrypt

When you are on a secure site, a padlock will be visible on the left-hand side of the website address in your browser. This means that you are in a secure environment to bank or make online payments.  

Destroy

Burn or shred old bank statements and similarly printed documents with your personal information, account numbers including expired bank cards. 

Report! If you suspect that you’ve been scammed. Let us and the police know as soon as possible! Fraud line
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0800 020 600
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