Hong Kong's Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited here Tuesday alerted its customers of a fraudulent internet website under the name of "Standard Chartered Bank" at the uniform resource locator of www.scbkoline.com.

The fraudulent website attempts to provide financial services using a similar name to Standard Chartered and uses elements of the Standard Chartered website content including the bank's name, colors and logo, said the bank in a statement.

The site also includes a hyperlink to a login page, which requests customers to input their on-line banking user ID and password.

The bank has reported the fraudulent website to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and is actively pursing the controllers of the site to secure its removal or discontinuation.

The police are currently investigating the case. Several similar cases were reported in Hong Kong recently.

Source: Xinhua