Cyber Security

What is phishing?

At Scottie Financial, while we ensure all your personal information is stored securely, you can also help play a part in minimizing any risk of data loss from phishing attempts by cybercriminals. Phishing is the act of impersonating a legitimate institution with the purpose of luring individuals into providing sensitive data such as personally identifiable information. These attempts are usually completed by email but can also take the form of text messages or telephone calls.

Help to identify

Signs to help you identify a phishing attempt include:

An email, text, or phone call asking you to update or verify your account details.The communication does not address you by your proper name and may contain typing errors and grammatical mistakes.The website provided is not https://www.scottiefinancial.com.

Scottie Financial’s approach

To further protect you, it’s important to be aware of Scottie Financial’s practices for customer communication:

We will never ask you to confirm your account login or personal information via email.Our attached documents will only be Adobe PDF.

If you identify any communication impersonating Scottie Financial or have doubts, please contact us at 1300 XXX XXX or email

[email protected]

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Further information

More information on identifying and protecting yourself from phishing attacks generally can be found on the government's Scam Watch website.

Scam Watch: Phishing