Fraudulent Website: www.hkiba.com

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority wishes to alert members of the
public in Hong Kong to a fraudulent website with the domain name
"www.hkiba.com". The website
looks very similar to the official website of International Bank of
Asia Limited (IBA). IBA has issued a press release today (5 June)
to clarify that IBA has no connection with the fraudulent
website.

IBA has reported the case to the Hong Kong Police Force for
further investigation. Anyone who has dealings with this fraudulent
website, or has provided his or her personal information to the
website, or has conducted any financial transactions through the
website should contact any local Police Station or the Commercial
Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force at 2860 5012 and IBA at
2566 8181.

For further enquiries, please contact:
Kevin Ip, Manager (Press), at 2878 1687 or
Thomas Chan, Senior Manager (Press), at 2878 1480

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
5 June 2004