Notification
[Important Notice] Please Be Cautious of New Phishing Emails
January 29, 2024
Sony Bank Inc.
As of January 27, 2024 (Sat), several emails pretending to be from Sony Bank have been sent to an unspecified number of customers. If you click on the links in the emails, you will be directed to a phishing site that pretends to be the Sony Bank website and will be asked to enter important personal information.
- Example of suspicious email subject line
- 【ソニー銀行】【重要】お客様の口座が凍結されました。
【Sony Bank】【Important】Your Account Has Been Temporarily Suspended
【ソニー銀行】振込（出金）、ＡＴＭのご利用（出金）利用停止のお知らせ
【Sony Bank】Notification of Suspension of Fund Transfers (Withdrawals) and ATM Usage (Withdrawals)
【重要】ソニー銀行入金制限のお知らせ
【Important】Notification of Sony Bank Deposit Limit
重要・緊急：ソニー銀行入金制限のお知らせ
Important/Urgent: Notification of Sony Bank Deposit Limit
重要：【ソニー銀行】お客様のお取引目的等のご確認
Important:【Sony Bank】Confirmation of the Customer's Transaction Purpose - Warning to our customers
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- Domain name of the official Sony Bank sign-in page is o2o.moneykit.net/****. Please check the URL.
- Never enter the full 10-digit serial number on the back of your cash card.
- Sony Bank will not ask you to enter an authentication code for any purpose other than registering to use the Sony Bank App (available in Japanese only).
- Do not copy the authentication URL in the SMS to the transaction screen.
If you have accessed the URL provided in the email or SMS and entered important information on a suspicious site, please contact our English help desk as soon as possible to prevent any fraudulent withdrawals from your account.