Almost Defrauded · 2007-04-25 19:44
I feel dirty and used.. and quite a bit pissed off.
I received a phone call at 7:00pm today from my bank. They started asking the usual confirmation of identity questions, and I went along with it. Then they asked me for my PIN.
It's kind of like, when I used to use Windows® (before I knew any better), those little dialog boxes would seem to constantly come up and most of the time I'd hardly bother reading what they said. I just wanted it to get on with it. When dealing with banks, when they want to verify my identity, I go along..
I started giving them my Phone banking password before I realised, hey wait a minute! they don't normally ask for that! I'd given them the first 4 digits of it..
So I asked them about it and they claimed it was some new security feature... my arse. I told them I'm not giving it to you.
They thought they had my PIN, but really had the first 4 digits of my phone banking password!
Straight onto the phone with the real bank, it seems my replacement card was fished out of my letter box quite a few weeks ago. I wonder what else has been taken out of there. I quite regularly go for a week without checking my mail. Anyway, I called my bank at 7:07pm, and they said there had been an attempt to withdraw $1000 from an ATM somewhere at 7:02pm. They couldn't tell me where because that system was down for some reason. Bugger, I'd like to ride over there with my little tomahawk.
The funny thing is, the card isn't activated anyway, so I don't think they can actually use it!
And also, I'd have to have money in my account for them to do anything.
Still.. fuckwits..
Wow, bastards! Maybe it was Edward Furlong from the opening scene in Terminator II ? I think he had an Atari, or maybe a Sega MS with a battery pack.
I wonder how they got your number?
— dave 2007-04-25 21:19 #
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