Fraudulent website: www.bathsbch.com/index.htm

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.bathsbch.com/index.htm". The website looks similar to the
official website of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Limited (HSBC). HSBC has clarified that it has no connection with
the fraudulent website.

HSBC 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 HSBC at 2748 8288
(for commercial banking customers) or 2233 3000 (for personal
banking customers) and any local Police Station or the Commercial
Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force at 2860 5012.

For further enquiries, please contact:
Peggy Lo, Manager (Communications), at 2878 1687 or
Hing-fung Wong, Manager (Communications), at 2878 1802

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
2 April 2009