Dear Online Banking customer,

Please be warned of increased incidences of "Phishing" – e-mails that may be sent to you asking you to provide your Online Banking User Name and Passwords on a fraudulent website made up to look like China Bank's.

Please ignore these e-mails and do NOT provide your passwords. China Bank does NOT ask its customers to provide their passwords in any manner apart from when you log in and transact on our website.

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Dear Valued Customer.

This is to notify you that your account is now inactive and may be closed for security reasons as you failed to provide valid details during the last update and verification process.  Reactivate your account now. (Inactive accounts will be deactivated till further notice if not activated now.) Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Activate: http://www.chinabank.ph/account/activate.php (this link will redirect you to a different URL)

Thank you,
CHINABANK
China Banking Corporation

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To check if the login page you went to is the real one, look for 4 indications: