Bank fraud (attempted)

[Itchy]

Over the past week I've been phoned regularly each evening by somebody claiming to be my bank manager (yeah right) and each night I tend to mess with them.

Which bank ? , who are you etc..

I played with them nicely tonight and said sure I bank with Halifax my sort code is 02-06-08 (fake) and my account number is 0125fek you and put the phone down..

I'm sure I'm supposed to do something like report these instances and report it right ?.


Any thoughts?

Ta.

EDIT surely people can't be conned with such a silly and obvious phishing expedition right?.
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[Tonka]

Unfortunately, they must have a degree of 'success' else it wouldn't pay them to keep calling. My folks are getting a bit too old to cope with all this sort of thing and it's my biggest fear that they will fall for it. I'm forever telling them how bad and corrupt the world is getting in an attempt to protect them and keep them on the ball.

Trouble is my folks can't understand the actual real Bank when they call either which has led to suspected fraud on their accounts not being resolved immediately and their cards being stopped - it's very irritating as I keep having to go to the Bank with them to sort it all out. Wrinklies, eh!?
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[The View Askew]

If only people in general weren't so dense a few will fall for the stupidity it wouldn't happen.

From morons, TO morons.

Ignore it, and it will go away, and yes report it if the number is the same each time.
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[cyberglass]

Hey itchy i work for your bank. I can stop all this happening with a few simple alterations to your account which will prevent anyone attempting to fish for your info.

Just PM me your
Sort Code
Account Number
The 3 digit Nuber on the back of your card
And the account holders name in full


i can also stop any junk mail coming to your address all i need for that is

Your full name and address
D.O.B
National insurance Number

I can also modify your credit card to make it unskimmable just send me your card and pin number and a return address

And because i know you ill do all this free of charge



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[JodieWodie]

It's like Fonejacker

There is a pigun in you banc akahnt
We need yuhr sort code an card numbah to go in and clean yuhr monies

We get phishing emails now and then, and I can understand how older folks would fall for these scams sometimes

On a similar note we get phone calls ALL the time from a finance company who know how much we owe on our mortgage etc... Apparently a company sold all our details a couple of years ago 'by accident'. Thanks for that. They gave us a free credit check as an apology. We know our credit history. Thanks anyway
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[Charlie]

https://www.banksafeonline.org.uk/report_scam.html

Maybe that? Or try ringing up your bank?
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[Ariel Badger]

Am I being very dense? there is an attempted crime being commited on a regular basis, I do not know for certain if you have these people in other parts of the UK but in Brum we have chaps called Police who are paid to sort this kind of thing.
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[dabigginger]

I think this is the man

https://www.e4.com/media/5F5C19BB-A6ED-4F31-BE34-BA6A137274E4_extra.jpg

[cyberglass]

Arial were in the uk.

The best we can expect from the police is a crime number and a victim of crime leaflet through the post telling us not to commit suicide.
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[Ariel Badger]

Not at all, if they were trying to steal from you I would agree but the ultimate victim is not you but the bank. The police are there to maintain financial stability and state security not individual freedoms, for fear of sounding like Hester they will be interested.
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[cyberglass]

My aunt had her details stolen and things bought on her card. She managed to trace an address where the deliverys where going and contacted the police and all they did was ask a couple of questions gave her a crime number told her to give it to her bank. A few days later she got a leaflet telling her not to top herself.



Then she contacted her bank who sorted it all out although they did say Ahhh we were expecting your call WTF They had apparantly been monitoring the account for a couple of days.
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[Itchy]

The problem is all the calls are withheld numbers , so its not as if I can trace them or anything.

And yes I've been a victim of crime several times, push bike has been swiped a few times, beatings here and there, etc..... cop has a word and sends you a leaflet coping with being a victim of crime or was it so you've been a victim of crime.

I've generally thrown them in the bin in disgust , I'm just finding it annoying TBH.
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[Ariel Badger]

If the authorities know about the calls they will be able to easily trace them. They only withhold from you.
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[Tonka]

[iooi]

[Tonka]

[iooi]

[Tonka]

iooi:

It was cancelled as Mum and I tried to book flights for her online and when asked for an issue number (there isn't one) we had to enter as it wouldn't allow us to leave it blank and we got it wrong!! Apparently booking flights online is considered a high fraud risk, despite having to give your full name and address as is stopping in hotels in Wales

Parents had moved and number had been updated but they said they tried and couldn't get an answer but when investigated further they hadn't actually called at all.

Got a big long grovelly letter, but this is the second time this has happened - difficult to get very cross as they are trying to protect us too, but very frustrating.
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[iooi]

If you ever have payment issues ring the bank, HSBC is avaiable pretty much 24/7 via telephone or online messaging.


Air tickets is a very common fraud, problem is the lack of security by the airlines, who allow people to purchase tickets that are not in the card holders names and addresses.
Quite how these people can board a plane is strange as they should have to produce the card to confirm payment details.....

In reality and if all online retailers played by the rules they have to abide by, they should only take orders in the card holders name and deliver to the card holders address....
Of course retailers say that they are offering a better customer service by flouting these......
Shame they play right into the fraudsters hands.... And cost the rest of us a hell of a lot of money as they have to load ALL prices to cover their losses due to fraud, that they could very easily prevent.
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[Tonka]

[Itchy]

[Itchy]

Oops, it turned out REALLY to be my bank manager..... : ,
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[Ariel Badger]

[Dischord]

Scambaiting FTW shame it backfired for you
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