Bank Acc hacked, god damn americans.

[rough_rider]

so for the 2nd time in about 6 times ive had my bank acc hacked and as it sits my acc are all locked up.
this ever happened to you? basically they took $1 a month ago then $10 3 weeks ago and $80 last week. the first 2 i didnt really nitice as i thought it was bank fees. but when the $80 was taken i knew something was up.

so frustrating as i cant touch my money atm and im about to get paid.

[AndyP]

I probably wouldn't even notice if it was $80.

[Captain Nemo]

Me either...

[rough_rider]

being the carer of my mother and getting a carers pension and not being able to work, every dollar counts and i noticed rather quickly lol, well that size anyways. i figured the 10 and 1 dollars were just bank fees.

[Captain Nemo]

You live and learn my friend....

[Johnny Canuck]

How do you know it was the Americans?

I guess you'll just have to win more at poker.

[AndyP]

Is the bank looking after you? I would have thought that they could provide some protection.

[3oneday]

So business in the pro shop will fall away for a while then.

[markTHEblake]

How was it possible for someone to hack a bank account. I think its impossible Unless they were able to steal all your ID and use social engineering to convince the bank they were you.

The only way other way they can this is if the person themselves contributed to the hacking, like sucked in by phishing or trying to get free porno, then they only got themselves to blame.

I would also expect that a hacker would have cleaned out the account on day one rather than wait a month. They are not going to want to revisit the scene of a crime a month later.

[Wenz]

I've had dirty saudi arabians try to steal $1,600 from my bank account.

[backintheswing]

I'm calling bs on this one!

[Yossarian]

Bizarre thread.

[Mububban]

so for the 2nd time in about 6 times ive had my bank acc hacked and as it sits my acc are all locked up.
this ever happened to you? basically they took $1 a month ago then $10 3 weeks ago and $80 last week. the first 2 i didnt really nitice as i thought it was bank fees. but when the $80 was taken i knew something was up.

so frustrating as i cant touch my money atm and im about to get paid.

My card got compromised during the Playstation mass hack a couple of years ago. They didn't start small though, I think they took something like $100, $300 and $500 over a couple of days, and I don't check my online account that often so didn't notice it until I logged in. Called the bank, they cancelled my card and issued a new one, refunded the money (can't remember how long it took, 2-3 weeks?) and all's been well since then.

My account didn't get locked out though.

[markTHEblake]

That's not hacking your account though, thata just stealing credit card details, very common.

[Slothman]

Yeh Credit Card fraud is dead easy to accomplish. Numbers are easy to obtain. Hell you have a camera on your phone, pretend your looking at something but take a photo as someone hands over their card...that will do for quite a lot of purchases. I was once shown how a guy did a google search and it pulled up a list of credit card numbers from people who had donated to a charity.

Hacking a bank account...would be harder. Just off a guess the most obvious.

- Poor security on the PC (this would include lack of good AV and installing dodge Nigerian type scam stuff)
- Leaving your login details to online banking on your mobile device that gets stolen.
- Someone obtains your login and guesses your password based on its the same password you use everywhere else and they have that list.

They would appear to me to be the most obvious.

[3oneday]

I would also expect that a hacker would have cleaned out the account on day one rather than wait a month. they did, unfortunately each time the day after pension day.

[Sydney Hacker]

they did, unfortunately each time the day after pension day. Ouch!

[Haystacks]

So business in the pro shop will fall away for a while then.

haha

[Peppas]

Bad luck roughy, hope it works out for you.

On the plus side the irons arrived today :)

[Yossarian]

Hi Rough Rider,

I am a Prince of Yossarian land, I have much gold bullion. I would like to send you some as my people are revolting and deserve none of the treasure. To send you much gold I need to pay the post office in real Australian dollars. Would you send me some? Private message me if you are interested or have questions. Only 50 dollars will get you much gold.

PY.

[Looney]

Yoss can anyone get in on your great offer?

[Mububban]

lol

[Eldrick]

thanks Obama!

[Monsta]

Hi Rough Rider,

I am a Prince of Yossarian land, I have much gold bullion. I would like to send you some as my people are revolting and deserve none of the treasure. To send you much gold I need to pay the post office in real Australian dollars. Would you send me some? Private message me if you are interested or have questions. Only 50 dollars will get you much gold.

PY.

This has got to be a hoax, there are no spelling mistakes and the grammar is understandable

[rough_rider]

maybe hacked was the wrong word to use, but yes it has happened before to me. it sucks and bank is retriving the money, thank god.

[markTHEblake]

Bank Account or Credit Card? thats another huge difference