Security questions are getting daft

Paul_Herring

Not mine, but some I've seen in the past. And the problems with them.

Favourite colour? Red "Too short"
Birthplace: Burnham-On-Sea "Illegal characters used"
Birthplace: Burnham On Sea "No spaces allowed"
Birthplace: S!!!!horpe "Rude words not allowed"

(Edit - looks like someone's messed up the naughty word filter - that used to be allowed.)

And so on.

normanmark

clio wrote: »

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

Everytime i call my credit card company (HSBC) i'm asked for it via the automated phone system.

clio

well as i don't have a HSBC card i would'nt know. it doesnt matter we all have different cards who have different ways..

Paul_Herring

MABLE wrote: »

All very amusing but the poor guy was just doing what he has been requested to do.

Then their system is broken.

Would you really give out your (or those mentioned in the OP) details to someone who called you, (as opposed to you calling them)?

If so, I know a nigerian diplomat who's recently died, but I cannot deal with their estate. Could you possibly help...?

:rolleyes:

Dylanwing

All very amusing but the poor guy was just doing what he has been requested to do. Hes like the majority of us trying to earn a crust of bread and is not paid to be shouted at. If it were me I put the phone down on you.

Sorry, cold-calling and asking for personal data is never acceptable, and any Company engaging in that activity is exposing their staff to the risk of a somewhat negative reaction.
Regarding the OP, I totally agree that security is now going way over the top. I don't always remember the last transaction to the exact penny, have a plethora of passwords and codes, and can't remember the precise date that I opened the account.
And funny you should mention Nigeria, I have recently had an E Mail from a Mrs Abacha.......

hasdogs

billbennett wrote: »

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

I recently got a Shell Citi card. I got very frustrated trying to set up the online account eventually discovering that one of their javascript files contained invalid characters which causes Firefox 3 to reject the whole file making the form useless. I condescended to use IE and chose a randomish username which it rejected as been too short, the next one was rejected for not containing a digit (that's the user name not a password). Getting more and more annoyed I settled for a user name similar to CITIAREASSH**LES6.

On submitting the form I was told I had to complete the process by phone (on their sodding 0870 number) where I had to carefully spell out my username 3 times to the nice indian lady :rolleyes:.

Jennifer_Jane

Ha! I loved S!!!!horpe not being allowed because of rude words - how daft is that.

What a good thread. Game me a laugh this morning whilst waiting for some more gold medals.... hope I'm not waiting till 2012!

Jen
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nzseries1

Reminds me of doing online banking with Halifax.

They ask, What's the name of your last school?
I enter: "University of ** ******* *******"
"Sorry, that's too long", they say.

Ok then, let me make a phone call to my last school and inform them that their name is too long, and could they please rename the school so that I can log onto my Halifax banking.

Richard019

Jennifer_Jane wrote: »

Ha! I loved S!!!!horpe not being allowed because of rude words - how daft is that.x

Maybe it's just that someone at MSE Towers has been there?

On a similar theme, it's just reminded of that quiz question, can we say Arsenal? What's the 3rd team again?

Paul_Herring

Richard019 wrote: »

On a similar theme, it's just reminded of that quiz question, can we say Arsenal? What's the 3rd team again?

Peniston?

Cassop-!!!-Quarrington/Brereton !!! Smethwick?