Australia’s CommBank cyber scam hits phone and SMS

The relentless barrage of scam attempts aimed at Commonwealth Bank customers has transcended email, with the sophisticated Eastern European cyber criminals now targeting people via telephone and SMS.Offices and homes are being called several times a day by an automated system, purporting to be the Commonwealth Bank, telling them they have an error on their account and need to ring an Australian phone number immediately to have the problem rectified.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/06/05/1243708605803.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/06/05/1243708605803.html

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