Bank of East Asia : Fraudulent Mobile Phone SMS Notification
October 16, 2021 at 06:02 am EDT
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For Immediate Release
Fraudulent Mobile Phone SMS Notification
Hong Kong, 16th October, 2021 - The Bank of East Asia, Limited ("BEA" or the "Bank") would like to notify all customers and the general public that the Bank has no affiliation whatsoever with fraudulent SMSes containing the following hyperlink about the operation of a digital wallet:
Anyone who has provided personal information to or conducted any financial transactions via the above-mentioned website should immediately report the case to the Police for investigation, and call BEA's Customer Service Hotline on (852) 2211 1333 for assistance. Customers should also refrain from visiting the website and downloading any suspicious files.
BEA would like to remind customers that they can access the Bank's internet-based services safely and securely via its homepage www.hkbea.com.
The Bank has reported the above incident to the Hong Kong Police and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and will take any action deemed necessary and appropriate to protect its reputation and the interests of its customers and the general public.
Customers who are suspicious about the identity of a website at an address similar to that of BEA's homepage or any SMS purportedly from BEA should call the Bank's Customer Service Hotline for verification.
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Media enquiries:
Ms Carmen Lee
Mr Mill Seen
Head of Corporate Communications
Senior Manager of Corporate
Department
Communications Department
The Bank of East Asia, Limited
The Bank of East Asia, Limited
Tel.: (852) 3608 5830
Tel.: (852) 3608 5829
Email:leecol@hkbea.com
Email:seenmsl@hkbea.com
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Bank of East Asia Ltd is a company mainly engaged in the banking business. The Company operates its business through nine segments. The Mainland China Operations segment mainly include the back office unit for Mainland China operations in Hong Kong, all subsidiaries and associates operating in Mainland China, except those subsidiaries carrying out data processing and other back office operations for Hong Kong operations in Mainland China. The Corporate Banking segment provides corporate lending and loan syndication, asset-based lending, commercial lending, securities lending and trade financing activities with correspondent banks and corporates. The Personal Banking segment is engaged in the branch operations, personal internet banking, consumer finance, property loans and credit card business to individual customers. The Overseas Operations segment provides back office unit for overseas banking operations in Hong Kong, Macau Branch, Taiwan Branch and all branches, subsidiaries and ass