Be careful out there.

kidmugsy

whattochoose wrote: »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5755585/Victim-sophisticated-banking-scam-reveals-tricked-losing-4-000.html

She considers herself to be "sassy". Uurgh.

kidmugsy

molerat wrote: »

If someone wants any of my discarded paperwork they are free to re-assemble the cross cut shredded pieces from my compost bin

Or our garden fire.

robatwork

soulsaver wrote: »

Like a high stake refer a friend scheme?

Exactly that! Potential payout of 1000s. Potential risk of losing your freedom, the friend, and any future bank account. Even given that I bet plenty are playing that game...and some of the OPs on this board who quickly shut up when carefully questioned give off very suspicious vibes of this scheme.

robatwork

Another one from the article - not sure if D Mail are quoting verbatim or putting in "I have a degree" comments themselves:

Others have been less fortunate.Hugh Milsom, 64, a funeral celebrant who lives in Swindon with his wife Erica, lost £7,800 when he believed he was talking to a NatWest employee when he was called one Saturday.

‘I have a degree, I worked in technology for 30 years and pulling the wool over my eyes is quite difficult, or so I thought,’ he says.

‘But my complaint was rejected as I’d been tricked into giving my PIN and authorising the transfer.’

I just wonder what you could tell someone "with a degree" that would make him reveal his PIN when we all know that nobody ever needs to know that.

Uxb

robatwork wrote: »

Where I do have a problem with banks is the phrase "random Barclays account". It's not random - someone opened that account jumping through the hoops that Barclays puts up. And Barclays know who that is - or their systems aren't working. It's not good enough to just pay compensation and case closed. Either the Barclays account holder is a sophisticated fraudster and needs to be investigated and locked up, or things like this could be some huge scam between the complainant and the "random Barclays account" to get free compensation.

Destination could well be one of the overseas students accounts who "sell" their bank accounts to fraudsters when they leave the UK as they are not coming back and don't about anything or anyone else for that matter either.
So the fraudsters take over the account totally unbeknown to the bank.

harrym1byt

A primary mistake was believing that because a number came up on the phone, as Nat West, that the caller was ringing from Nat West. It is now trivially easy to spoof any number a fraudster might care to want to use. 2 in 5 nuisance callers are spoofing an otherwise genuine phone number. They spoof a local STD number to you, to appear to be a local business ringing - they can be anywhere in the world. Even genuine callers sometimes spoof numbers.



So even your phone can lie to you..

heatherw_01

I never give any info out to anyone that calls me out of the blue, no matter who they say they are.

ValiantSon

whattochoose wrote: »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5755585/Victim-sophisticated-banking-scam-reveals-tricked-losing-4-000.html

After reading this I've decided if I ever have the remotest doubt about anybody calling me regarding banking issues I'm banging the phone down and checking in person at my nearest branches.

Funny, because my normal reaction to having read anything in the Daily Mail is an overriding urge to shower and scrub myself clean with carbolic soap.

maninthestreet

What is a 'funeral celebrant' ???

datlex

Why do people insist on taking unsolicited calls from banks. If there is a issue they will message you often in their apps or on their webpage. Then you can ring them.