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There’s a new email scam going around today with fake Westpac Bank branding.

This message links to a phishing page designed to harvest people’s bank login details and personal information.

A huge new wave of Westpac emails is again threatening Australians’ online security – just as the bank grapples with a major online banking outage.

 A low-tech phishing attempt is currently targeting Westpac customers.

Australian banking customers beware, a new phishing scam email is circulating purporting to be from Westpac Bank.

MailGuard have identified and successfully blocked another variation of an email phishing scam currently being circulated by cyber criminals impersonating Westpac.

MailGuard have identified and have successfully blocked a zero-day phishing email threat leveraging the reputation of Westpac. Although we have successfully protected all our corporate clients from falling victim, we would like to share this with the public to help to educate and reduce the number of email users falling victim.

MailGuard customers can breathe a sigh of relief as MailGuard has again proactively blocked a multitude of phishing attacks aimed at Westpac online banking users, from entering their business network.