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Anyone here affected by bank acct theft
« on: 29 September 2010, 11:18:34 »
On the BBC news this a.m. there was an infuriating (as ever) item about a gang of about 19 foreign people who had hacked into UK bank accounts and stolen about £6million pounds. They used some form of  Zeus Trojan to get passwords.

So many unanswered questions as ever with this sort of  dangle a titbit of info news item. I might have to watch Euronews tonight to get a fuller picture!

How many accounts were involved.?

One bank or loads?

Name of bank(s) involved?

How many other cyber scamming thefts of a similar magnitude are going on unreported?

At least i don't need to worry as the Varche UK £millions were spent years ago keeping the Omega roadworthy (ish) ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Anyone here affected by bank acct theft
« Reply #1 on: 29 September 2010, 13:24:53 »
A mate of mine has been done overt twice with seperate accounts but the same bank, £7500 from hid savings and £1800 from his other account, bloody hard work chasing them to get it all back as well.
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Re: Anyone here affected by bank acct theft
« Reply #2 on: 29 September 2010, 13:39:41 »
A few of my friends have been affected by banking scams. But, hey, they will leave their debit cards on view when I visit. ::)
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Re: Anyone here affected by bank acct theft
« Reply #3 on: 29 September 2010, 13:46:15 »
Well, according to an email ive received from some caring foreign solicitor, ive got 5 million pounds waiting for me due to a relative carking it in a plane crash, isnt it nice that some people are honest enough to let you know about these things & not trying to scam you. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #4 on: 29 September 2010, 13:49:20 »
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Well, according to an email ive received from some caring foreign solicitor, ive got 5 million pounds waiting for me due to a relative carking it in a plane crash, isnt it nice that some people are honest enough to let you know about these things & not trying to scam you. ;D ;D ;D ;D


Did the plane come down in Nigeria or Romania?
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Re: Anyone here affected by bank acct theft
« Reply #5 on: 29 September 2010, 13:52:42 »
I've been done over twice in the past, the first time about £750 went out of my account and left me high and dry when I was working away from home, and then £500 disappeared a few years after that. The bank reimbursed my money very quickly both times though, to their credit  :y
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« Reply #6 on: 29 September 2010, 14:27:34 »
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I've been done over twice in the past, the first time about £750 went out of my account and left me high and dry when I was working away from home, and then £500 disappeared a few years after that. The bank reimbursed my money very quickly both times though, to their credit  :y

Please forward this post to Banjax.  ;) ;D ;D
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Re: Anyone here affected by bank acct theft
« Reply #7 on: 29 September 2010, 14:34:53 »
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I've been done over twice in the past, the first time about £750 went out of my account and left me high and dry when I was working away from home, and then £500 disappeared a few years after that. The bank reimbursed my money very quickly both times though, to their credit  :y

Please forward this post to Banjax.  ;) ;D ;D
This was quite early on in the internet banking era, things may have changed drastically by now  ::)
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Re: Anyone here affected by bank acct theft
« Reply #8 on: 29 September 2010, 15:09:49 »
I'm ok, my account is normally empty soon after pay day  ;D
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Re: Anyone here affected by bank acct theft
« Reply #9 on: 29 September 2010, 15:18:10 »
ive been done twice. petrol garage not far from here were cloning cards a few months ago, 3 people got done for it.
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Re: Anyone here affected by bank acct theft
« Reply #10 on: 29 September 2010, 17:15:46 »
we have a local cashpoint, (tescos actually) that is well known for your details being scammed from.
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