Bank warns of Russian SMS scamThe Commonwealth Bank has warned its customers to be on the look-out for a scam that asks people to provide account details.
People are being contacted by SMS or by phone and asked to provide their credit card account number and security code.
Customers of other banks have also been affected.
Commonwealth Bank spokesman Steve Batten says the scammers are believed to be based overseas.
"We've identified that its coming out of Russia or somewhere in Eastern Europe," he said.
"The Australian Federal Police is working with their international counterparts, but we have managed to close down a number of these phone numbers, so hopefully a number of these customers and consumers generally should be less bothered by these scams."
Mr Batten says banks do not contact customers asking for personal or banking details.
"We'd just like to remind consumers generally that financial institutions don't contact them via email, via SMS, via phone, asking them to enter the account details, update their PIN numbers or provide personal details about them," he said.
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