Security questions are getting daft

Eydon

Just phoned up Barclaycard to close my account, and after going through the automated security stuff I got put through to an operator, who then asked me, for security, if I could tell her what day of the week my last birthday fell on! Completely threw me . I've never been asked this one before, and I had to ask her to hold on while I found a calendar (how many people can actually answer this one without looking it up?).

Not much of a security question - you've got a 1 in 7 chance of guessing it correctly :rolleyes:

Anyway - it got me thinking - what other daft questions have people been asked in the name of security?

Staciep88

mothers cats maiden name?! lol j/k I agree - it has became silly!

nomoneytoday

You don't have to use your real maiden name, as long as the details match.
Data mining companies could find it easily enough, especially if a relative has done a genealogy request.

For example your maiden name could be "ovhonour" (maid of honour) or "china" (made in china lol)

clio

Asking when was the last time you used card and who with and how much for, thats ok if you have 1 card and you have looked online or at you have latest statement before hand plus they expect answers like its a quiz show something like 10 seconds lol.

normanmark

They maybe daft but I doubt if someone was fraudulently calling up trying to get access to your account you'd be grateful that those questions are there.

Eydon

normanmark wrote: »

They maybe daft but I doubt if someone was fraudulently calling up trying to get access to your account you'd be grateful that those questions are there.

Agreed, but "what day of the week was your last birthday"! They already need to know your dob in order to have got this far, so it's hardly additional security.

clio

why don't they just use the CV number on the back, along with say CL .

normanmark

clio wrote: »

why don't they just use the CV number on the back, along with say CL .

They do use the CV number already

clio

Never been asked for it unless it was for BT, when paying card by phone i,ve not been asked for it.

Staciep88

billbennett - that is great!! I'm so going to do that!! hahaha

nzseries1

billbennett wrote: »

PayPal phoned me up this morning asking for my bank account number for security.

It turned out it WAS actually PayPal, but it was so stupid...

PP: Hello, can I speak to Mr Bennett please?
me: Speaking.
PP: Hello Mr Bennett. It's Rashindra from PayPal here. Just to check I'm speaking to you, for security can you confirm your bank account number please?
...

Did they really call you out of the blue to try and sell you something? The day that happens to me is the day I close my paypal account.