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dotti34 · 15-07-2021, 04:36

There have been numerous comments on this thread about scams and nuisance calls and we all like to think we are so smart that we will never be taken in by scammers, we give them short shrift, but can you really be sure. Two people I know very well, intelligent people, have just been scammed out of almost $9,000. A phone call was received from a man who said he was employed by their bank in the department which dealt with a very well-known and secure way of payment that a lot of people use every day. Of course he wasn’t!

I don’t know all the exact details except that he indicated there was a problem that he needed to fix for them – and at the present time I don’t think they can comprehend themselves what (and how this) has happened as they are still in shock, never thinking it could happen to them. Does this ring a bell? They say they did not give him their bank account details or card number, but scammers are very persuasive and, with only a little bit of knowledge about a person’s affairs to start with, by clever talking they are able to obtain enough information to get into bank accounts. How is it possible? Don’t ask me.

This particular case is now under investigation but not much hope is being held for any recovery of the money. I might add that the scammer also tried to get more out of the account two days later but of course this had been frozen and so he was not successful. It remains to be seen if the bank accepts any responsibility, i.e. why didn’t they query the (unusual) withdrawals – though the scammer took this out in three withdrawals rather than one lump sum. Doesn’t look promising up to now.

They know, as do we all, that hindsight is a wonderful way of knowing what they should have done (hang up – don’t give the scammer the time of day) but is very unhelpful and a waste of time, so let’s not go down that path. Don’t think that victim/s are always a bit dumb for being taken in as this is often not the case, and certainly not in this one.

I might add that this couple are very vulnerable at the present time as the man is having treatment for prostate lung cancer.

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dotti34 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,189 Blog Entries: 80 Liked: 1480 times Rep Power: 833512	Re: Nuisance Calls There have been numerous comments on this thread about scams and nuisance calls and we all like to think we are so smart that we will never be taken in by scammers, we give them short shrift, but can you really be sure. Two people I know very well, intelligent people, have just been scammed out of almost $9,000. A phone call was received from a man who said he was employed by their bank in the department which dealt with a very well-known and secure way of payment that a lot of people use every day. Of course he wasn’t! I don’t know all the exact details except that he indicated there was a problem that he needed to fix for them – and at the present time I don’t think they can comprehend themselves what (and how this) has happened as they are still in shock, never thinking it could happen to them. Does this ring a bell? They say they did not give him their bank account details or card number, but scammers are very persuasive and, with only a little bit of knowledge about a person’s affairs to start with, by clever talking they are able to obtain enough information to get into bank accounts. How is it possible? Don’t ask me. This particular case is now under investigation but not much hope is being held for any recovery of the money. I might add that the scammer also tried to get more out of the account two days later but of course this had been frozen and so he was not successful. It remains to be seen if the bank accepts any responsibility, i.e. why didn’t they query the (unusual) withdrawals – though the scammer took this out in three withdrawals rather than one lump sum. Doesn’t look promising up to now. They know, as do we all, that hindsight is a wonderful way of knowing what they should have done (hang up – don’t give the scammer the time of day) but is very unhelpful and a waste of time, so let’s not go down that path. Don’t think that victim/s are always a bit dumb for being taken in as this is often not the case, and certainly not in this one. I might add that this couple are very vulnerable at the present time as the man is having treatment for prostate lung cancer.