Scamwatch has now issued a warning to customers over the scam and has shared examples of the scam text messages. HSBC customers are being targeted by scammers with scam text messages and phone calls. ...

In short: Australians continue to lose huge amounts of money to a long-running text message scam targeting customers of HSBC. The ABC has obtained a recording of a scammer speaking to a victim.

The corporate watchdog is suing multinational banking giant HSBC over a scam that netted $23 million, alleging it failed to protect 950 Australian customers from a long-running "spoofing" scam.

A major bank is warning people to watch out for an impersonation scam involving buying gold and handing it over to criminals for 'safekeeping'. HSBC UK has warned of a 'worrying trend' where ...

Criminals masquerading as HSBC workers infiltrated genuine text message chains from HSBC or ... increased the risk of unauthorised or scam payments. “We allege that from at least January 2023 ...

Fraudsters tricked customers by using software to send out text messages to customers that appeared to be from HSBC. The 'spoofing' scam also used calls that appeared to be from the bank.

Kelly Keating and her family were scammed out of $50,000 in November by a man pretending to be part of the HSBC fraud team. Credit: Tony McDonough Kyle, an engineer, received two text messages on ...

SYDNEY—Australia’s corporate watchdog is suing the local unit of HSBC HSBA0.66%increase ... bank failed to protect customers from criminal scams. The Australian Securities and Investments ...

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Australia's corporate regulator has initiated legal action against the local affiliate of the global bank HSBC (HSBA.L ... reducing the number of scams occurring in the ...

The centre confirmed it had raised concerns about the spoofing text message scam directly with HSBC. Beyond the alert, victims said it was unclear how the anti-scam centre or HSBC were trying to ...

The "spoofing" scam relied on fraudsters using software to disguise their phone number so that text messages appeared in the same text chain as legitimate HSBC messages. Scam calls also appeared ...