Over phishing: practical steps for resisting phishing attacks and immediate action to be taken by a phishing victim

Phishing attacks in Hong Kong as reported on the front page of the SCMP in December 2017 are increasing. These scams are not only directed at individuals but are becoming increasingly sophisticated and targeted at companies, including large multinationals. Our recent experience of acting for clients in relation to such matters has shown that these frauds are sophisticated. The fraudsters will usually create an email domain name very similar to, but not quite the same as, the victim’s email domain – perhaps by adding a hyphen between company names, adding (or deleting) the word ‘group’ or in one example of which we are aware where the victim company name began with a ‘w’, replacing the ‘w’ in the domain name with ‘vv’. Read more about how these fraudsters work and the common elements of these scams and the steps you can take to protect yourself.