Breaking News: Equity Bank Phising Site & scammers exposed

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Equity Bank C.E.O James Mwangi

Equity Bank C.E.O James Mwangi

Equity Bank has become the latest victim of what is termed as Nigerean Fraud. Scammers are attempting to redivert Equity’s internet banking customers to the fraudulent website(which is an exact clone of the original EquityBank.co.ke albeit with a lower resolution) in order to grab clients banking details.

This suggests that the scammers have identified the Bank as a lucrative victim which suggests that Equity has been having considerable traffic to its online resource.

See the fake site here http://equitybanknig-plc.com/

The fake website has been registered by a person going by the ALIAS Equity Bank Plc Powell Maria who is based in Arizona and the fake website is being hosted by a company Known as SPRIT in Vienna Austria.

Follow the details of the Registrant Below.

Registrant:
Equity Bank Plc Powell Maria
3525 S. Nantucket Dr
Arizona, United States  US-85249
United States

Registrar: NAMESDIRECT
Domain Name: EQUITYBANKNIG-PLC.COM
Created on: 09-MAR-09
Expires on: 10-MAR-10
Last Updated on: 09-MAR-09

Administrative Contact:
Powell Maria, Equity Bank Plc  Email Masking Image@yahoo.com
3525 S. Nantucket Dr
Arizona, United States  US-85249
United States
419.6182911

Technical Contact:
, MELON IT GmbH. [SPRIT.ORG]  Email Masking Image@sprit.org
Weyringergasse 13
Vienna, Austria  A-1040
Austria
431.5056610
431.505661024

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.SPRITNAMES.COM
NS2.SPRITNAMES.COM

STEPS TO TAKE TO SECURE YOUR ACCOUNT.

1. Change your password

2. Open a support ticket with Equity Bank

3.If you suspect your card details have been compromised, freeze your card.

4. If you suspect your Account details have been compromised, freeze your account.

5. Submit any incident for follow up at http://www.afrineurs.com/reports/submit

Equity Bank should immediately run a diagnostics on all their server equipment and check for trojans. They should also secure BackDoor Ports on their firewalls and web server systems as well as redo their web platform as it has been severely compromised.

Diagnostics and Analysis provided by SpaceKenya.co.ke Server Technicians

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John Karanja is the Founder of Whive.com which is a Mobile and Web social media platform where people interact using different forms of media. Whive.com has over 120,000 members across East Africa and was a Winner at the Pivot 25 Mobile Technology Competition in 2011. John is also a Co-Founder of Crowdpesa.com a Location Based mobile application which provides a market place for African Merchants and Businesses. Crowdpesa has been listed as one of the 40 startups to watch in Africa and appeared at the first DEMO Africa in 2012. John has a Masters degree in Political Sociology from the University of Oxford, England and a Bachelor of Business and Information Technology from Strathmore University, Kenya. John has been awarded the Vision2030 ICT Award 2011 for Innovation in Youth and Gender Sector by the Kenyan Government. He is also the First African Winner of the Nokia Open Screen Fund in 2009 as well as a nominee for the Tech4Africa Innovation Award 2011.
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