Fraudulent website: www.ibaonlineservice.com

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members
of the public in Hong Kong to a fraudulent website with the domain
name "www.ibaonlineservice.com". The website looks similar to the
official website of formerly International Bank of Asia, now Fubon
Bank (Hong Kong) Limited ("Fubon Bank"). Fubon Bank has clarified
that it has no connection with the fraudulent website.

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

For further enquiries, please contact:
Jasmin Fung, Manager (Press), at 2878 8246 or
Hing-Fung Wong, Resource Co-ordinator, at 2878 1802

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
21 March 2006