You don't have to be a Postbank customer to receive this phishing email.
But if you are a Postbank customer and receive this email asking you to activate your MobilTAN by clicking on a link, you can be unsettled. However, the sender of the email is not Postbank, but rather a criminal.
This is what the email looks like:

The content of the email:
Dear Customer,
Irregularities have been detected in your account.
Avoid blocking and activate your MobilTAN.
Do this before Saturday, November 16, 2019.Activate now
Do you have anymore questions? Then contact customer service.
Best regards,
Postbank
Without online protection, clicking on the link contained in the email takes you to a login page that looks deceptively similar to the Postbank homepage:

Pay attention to the URL!
The so-called URL is the Internet address of a page that you can see at the top of the browser window. You should always pay attention to this, because a closer look shows that you are not on the official Postbank website:

“postnank” just sounds similar to Postbank, and the nl as the domain ending for the Netherlands also shows very well that the site is not even located in Germany.
Of course, this is a phishing attempt that is targeting Postbank customers' online banking data. In addition to the access data, address details and, of course, sensitive bank details are also requested via fake input fields.
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Our tips
If you have already fallen for a phishing attack, it is important to immediately change all passwords and PINs used and to make the credit card or bank details unusable, for example by blocking them. You should also carry out a detailed security check on the affected laptop, smartphone, etc. and file a report with the police.
- Phishing emails generally try to appear as if they come from the company in question . Fraudsters use them to try to get personal data, preferably bank and credit card or other payment details.
- Protection software is helpful! With updated databases and appropriate heuristics, malicious sites are often blocked. We use Kaspersky protection software .
- The real “art” of these emails is the story with which the recipient is supposed to trust the email and open the inserted link. Expression, grammar and spelling as well as plausibility and individuality play a very important role here. Especially in the recent past, there have been an increasing number of emails that stood out due to their individuality: These could address the recipient with the correct name and also provide actual address and personal data.
- In general, please note: Banks, payment and purchase portals never ask you to log in to the account using a built-in link! In addition, although a generic salutation is always an indication of phishing, an existing correct salutation is not proof of the authenticity of an email .
- Tip on your smartphone: Click on a link and hold it until a dialog window opens with the link preview. This shows where an embedded link should lead.
- Never log in via a link that is sent by email, but always type the relevant page by hand into the address bar of your browser and log in there. If there are actually announcements for the relevant service, they will be displayed there. In addition, if possible, you should also refrain from conducting banking transactions via public/third-party Wi-Fi networks , as you never know exactly whether (and in an emergency, by whom) these networks are being logged.
- Never enter real data in the form fields! Under certain circumstances, the data can while typing without having to confirm with “continue”.
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