A shady person promising fast money asks for your bank account number

[Beholder]

Got a shady letter in my mailbox claiming to be from my bank and promising quick money if I followed an obfuscated link and gave them my bank account number. Of course I laughed at the stupid scam and reported it to my bank instead of using the fishy QR code, because the bank already had my bank account number, and always told us never to give out details or log in when someone demands it. To my surprise, the bank told me that the letter was real and they really did send out letters asking for our account details. I spent a long time explaining to them that the person getting the letter cannot know if it is from the bank or a scammer, but they never understood how that was a security problem, because they "know that they are the real bank". Eventually I had to give up explaining it to them. This is how naive Swedish banks are. No wonder they get hacked by Russia all the time.

 

[Num7]

It feels like they got caught themselves in the scam, somehow. I'd switch to another bank if I were you!

 

[Wind7]

I spent a long time explaining to them that the person getting the letter cannot know if it is from the bank or a scammer, but they never understood how that was a security problem, because they "know that they are the real bank".

Why does this sort of sound like an outtake from the movie 'Idiocracy' ??


I agree with Num7, Maybe time to find a new financial institution. (??)

 

[Num7]

Why does this sort of sound like an outtake from the movie 'Idiocracy' ??

The message says it's from us. We are real. Therefore, the message must be real! Good one!

 

[Wind7]

The message says it's from us. We are real. Therefore, the message must be real! Good one!

"Lets rob our own bank...Cuz....Then we could put it in our bank...and have ...twice as much money!"

 

[Beholder]

The message says it's from us. We are real. Therefore, the message must be real! Good one!

Maybe they got the idea from a mailbox called "junk", seeing that it's common practice in letters claiming to be super legit.

 

[Mayhem]

Thats a good one

 

[Mayhem]

@Beholder love the options on the vote especially

Hide in the closet and cry

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[OakFieldAlienz444]

For a while people got warnings supposedly from the FBI (but not really) that they were under investigation and that all they had to do was pay 300 dollars or so and they'd stop investigating you. REALLY dumb scam.

Another dumb scam is the infamous "Pornographic Malware Alert" I always laugh when that one pops up
because it makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[Mayhem]

I got a few good ones "we have access to everything you watch", download blah blah.

"Deposit in this crypto account or we will send to all your contacts."

Happened twice.

If you have access you would have all the details and passwords and wouldnt need to ask for money ya would just take it.