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MSE News: Revealed: 300+ reports of TSB scams to fraud police

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Action Fraud has had more than 300 reports of fake emails, texts and calls from fraudsters pretending to be from TSB this month in the wake of the bank's IT meltdown - and a further 51 reports of TSB-related fraud where victims say they have actually lost cash...
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  • Mchambers
    Mchambers Posts: 1,054 Forumite
    They don't disappoint you do they ? Totally useless !

    We will hear from Mr TSB soon to say they are great LMFHO !:D:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • Ectophile
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    I'm not Mr TSB, and I'm glad I am not a customer of theirs, but...


    You can hardly blame TSB because a bunch of fraudsters send out messages claiming to be from the TSB. They could do it to customers of any bank, and there's nothing that the banks can do to stop it. All they can do is to educate customers to spot the scams.
    If it sticks, force it.
    If it breaks, well it wasn't working right anyway.
  • Mchambers
    Mchambers Posts: 1,054 Forumite
    Ectophile wrote: »
    I'm not Mr TSB, and I'm glad I am not a customer of theirs, but...


    You can hardly blame TSB because a bunch of fraudsters send out messages claiming to be from the TSB. They could do it to customers of any bank, and there's nothing that the banks can do to stop it. All they can do is to educate customers to spot the scams.

    Wrong....If TSB had done their IT upgrade correctly., there would be no scammers. TSB are in the wrong, not their customers who are being scammed due to their incompetence.
  • eskbanker
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    Mchambers wrote: »
    Wrong....If TSB had done their IT upgrade correctly., there would be no scammers.
    No, as the piece says, there has obviously been a substantial increase in scammers seeking to exploit the negative TSB publicity (which they undoubtedly deserved) but they've always been active anyway:
    Phishing scams are where a fraudster poses as a recognised brand via a fake website, or on the phone, by text or by email. Action Fraud's had 321 such reports about TSB since the start of May - compared to just 30 the previous month.

    It's also received 51 'cybercrime' reports which mention TSB, compared to 24 such reports the previous month. Action Fraud classes cybercrime as online fraud where victims say they have actually ended up losing cash.
  • Mchambers
    Mchambers Posts: 1,054 Forumite
    eskbanker wrote: »
    No, as the piece says, there has obviously been a substantial increase in scammers seeking to exploit the negative TSB publicity (which they undoubtedly deserved) but they've always been active anyway:

    Due to TSB's incompetence !:D
  • ValiantSon
    ValiantSon Posts: 2,586 Forumite
    Mchambers wrote: »
    They don't disappoint you do they ? Totally useless !

    We will hear from Mr TSB soon to say they are great LMFHO !:D:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    Mchambers wrote: »
    Wrong....If TSB had done their IT upgrade correctly., there would be no scammers. TSB are in the wrong, not their customers who are being scammed due to their incompetence.
    Mchambers wrote: »
    Due to TSB's incompetence !:D

    Don't you ever get bored of posting the same drivel all the time? Trust me, the rest of us do.
  • boo_star
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    edited 23 May 2018 at 9:05PM
    Mchambers wrote: »
    Due to TSB's incompetence !:D

    No. It!!!8217;s due to people still being far too trusting when it comes to this kind of thing.
  • sheramber
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    So who is responsible for the same scam happening on Natwest accounts as well. or do you choose not to read about these ones?
  • eskbanker
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    sheramber wrote: »
    So who is responsible for the same scam happening on Natwest accounts as well. or do you choose not to read about these ones?
    Didn't you know that was TSB's fault as well, coming after they'd single-handedly caused the 2008 global financial crisis, orchestrated chemical weapons attacks, shot JR and were implicated in the disappearance of Lord Lucan? :)
  • Mchambers
    Mchambers Posts: 1,054 Forumite
    eskbanker wrote: »
    Didn't you know that was TSB's fault as well, coming after they'd single-handedly caused the 2008 global financial crisis, orchestrated chemical weapons attacks, shot JR and were implicated in the disappearance of Lord Lucan? :)

    I agree they were to blame. Don't forget to blame them for World wars, Yorkshire Ripper, Jack the Ripper, etc. Why not when they can't even perform a simple IT upgrade ?
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