30 minutes ago, Deeoldfart said:

 

Okay.  I wasn't keen to derail this thread, but if it helps a fellow Demonlander to avoid this crap, then I'll regard it as a 'public service'.

Received a call on landline from a scumbag claiming to be part of an internal fraud team with my bank.  Said they were trying to catch an internal bank employee who was misappropriating funds. Convinced me to transfer funds to another account, so that they could apprehend the (bogus) employee 'red handed', and you can guess the rest ........ 

They had hacked my account and had all the details (including most recent transactions).  Extremely well scripted with relevant bank music and spiel when the 'phone was on hold, gave me their employee ID numbers, etc. etc.  BUT I shouldn't have been so gullible.

Beware fellow Demonlanders. 

Very sorry to hear this Dof. These scumbags are the lowest of the low. They take advantage of people's trusting nature. It's very difficult to be alert to this all the time. 

I work in a finance role and i can guarantee you that this type of stuff is happening all the time. You only have to be off guard just the one time and they have you. I hope you can recover from the financial hit. These bastards have robbed people of their life savings so i hope thats not the case with you.

5 minutes ago, BDA said:

Very sorry to hear this Dof. These scumbags are the lowest of the low. They take advantage of people's trusting nature. It's very difficult to be alert to this all the time. 

I work in a finance role and i can guarantee you that this type of stuff is happening all the time. You only have to be off guard just the one time and they have you. I hope you can recover from the financial hit. These bastards have robbed people of their life savings so i hope thats not the case with you.

Yes. My credit card got hacked last year whilst i was overseas. Fortunately it was only $10 American, but i did have to cancel the card. Since then i have done a lot of research into scammers. 
Digital Bank Accounts seem to be the best alternative at this stage

36 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Please, please don’t say this. This is by no means due to anything you did. You were taken advantage of by a seemingly very well-organised, well-executed scam. This is 100% on them. 0% on you. 💕

I know I made comment but this thread is supposed to about NC's Grandson. Congratulations NC.

50 minutes ago, BDA said:

Very sorry to hear this Dof. These scumbags are the lowest of the low. They take advantage of people's trusting nature. It's very difficult to be alert to this all the time. 

I work in a finance role and i can guarantee you that this type of stuff is happening all the time. You only have to be off guard just the one time and they have you. I hope you can recover from the financial hit. These bastards have robbed people of their life savings so i hope that's not the case with you.

Thanks BDA, I appreciate the thought.  It leaves a horrible taste but I'm okay.  Probably means a bit less Premiership memorabilia though!

2 hours ago, Deeoldfart said:

 

Okay.  I wasn't keen to derail this thread, but if it helps a fellow Demonlander to avoid this crap, then I'll regard it as a 'public service.

 So sorry to hear of your plight Deeoldfart. As far as I am concerned you are not derailing this thread - we are both making community announcements.  

21 hours ago, ucanchoose said:

Did they call him Oliver,  Christian, or Bayley?

Dogga