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SCAMS!

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  • Sam 37Sam 37 Posts: 1,271
    How did they know what two purchases you made? How did they get your account number and telephone number? If it's a scam then that kind of detail can only be made from insider information. Did you alert your bank? It's scary though, we need our wits on high alert.
    I wish I knew but they did and that's how they  almost got me.
    It's very scary and I'm still disturbed about it.

    Wouldn't an "insider" also know the security number?

    I most certainly reported the incident, I couldn't possibly ignore it.
  • Sam 37Sam 37 Posts: 1,271
    Zoe P2 said

      Does your bank work on Saturdays, Sam?  
    Yes, in the mornings.
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    Sam 37 said:

    Wouldn't an "insider" also know the security number?


    There're many levels of security information and that depends what level the scammer was accessing. I doubt there's anyone in a bank, including software designers that could access all your information, including pin numbers. 
    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
  • Sam 37Sam 37 Posts: 1,271
    I see.
  • Zoe P2Zoe P2 Posts: 848
    Mercifully, I wasn't amongst the...chosen!




    I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character

      Martin Luther King

  • I thank my lucky stars that my bank hasn't YET made this kind of error !
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    My daughter told me yesterday that my ex got caught with the 'lost my phone and could you send me £1000' text.
    I shouldn't laugh.  :D
    Sunny Dundee
  • I think we ALL need to stop being so trusting, Balgay. Hill. 


    Perhaps we could have a "password" with every member of our families, so we know the claim is genuine? 
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    If i got a text from my daughter saying she had lost her phone, and could i send her money, the first thing i would do is call her number.
    Sunny Dundee
  • What a good idea!
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