Batman - the victim of internet theft

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:07 pm

Some Nigerian motherf-ckers have nicked £1500 from my online account.

c*nts.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:15 pm

Do you want me to leather them for ya mate? I will!!

Seriously though, I've been a victim of internet crime but luckily managed to get my money back from Lloyds TSB due to a 'copyright infringement' using their name, logo and internet banners (even the official domain name of their e-mail addresses) I hope your covered though mate and can get it all back.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:17 pm

Yeah I'm covered.

Had to go to Preston station to report the theft, and I'm at the bank manager's tomorrow (got my works xmas do tonight, I shall professionally turn up - pissed).

BASTARDS

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:19 pm

Good stuff lad, and have one for me while you're there

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:04 pm

drink one for me too. good luck with the bank.

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:28 pm

How did it happen? Clicked on a dodgy link in an email or what?

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:31 pm

Not sure

am really careful about clicking on links on email, I only ever use the official site.

jetsetwilly · Post by **jetsetwilly** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:35 pm

I had £1500 spent on my Morgan Stanley card this summer. They were excellent, credited my account 10 days later

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:51 pm

Batman wrote:Some Nigerian motherf-ckers have nicked £1500 from my online account.

c*nts.

Thieving Nigerians !!

How much did J-J take under false pretences for the final 18m of his time with us ?

... & Blessing Kaku ??

... and Ba !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Talk about misrepresentation.

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:27 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
Batman wrote:Some Nigerian motherf-ckers have nicked £1500 from my online account.

c*nts.
Thieving Nigerians !!

How much did J-J take under false pretences for the final 18m of his time with us ?

... & Blessing Kaku ??

... and Ba !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Talk about misrepresentation.

Ba was Senegalese, probably still is

Hope you have compensatory fun tonight B-man

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:45 pm

I had my Visa identity stolen - still had my card but someone ran up $10,000 worth of clothing and electronic purchases on it in local stores. I had to swear, by telephone(!) that I still had my card. The amount was credited back but I had no card for the week or more it took them to replace it.

Not sure how Nigerians could get into my accounts though - of course they send enough stupid emails - but even responding shouldn't cause a problem so long as you give them no details. Seems more likely you had some tracer program active on your pc when you typed in your info. How do you know they were Nigerian? Was the money transfered to Lagos?

Dujon · Post by **Dujon** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:19 am

While I sympathise with those taken to the cleaners by such criminals there is an 'easy out' clause built into your brain. This is simply 'if you don't have the money don't spend it'.

I am an ex-manager of the customer service area of a credit card organisation (read 'bank'). Should my experience be anything to go by then, be assured, you are on a hiding to nothing.

Shred your cards, take yourself out of the loop of idiocracy and live a calm and peaceful life.

Merry Christmas!

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:37 am

Dujon wrote:While I sympathise with those taken to the cleaners by such criminals there is an 'easy out' clause built into your brain. This is simply 'if you don't have the money don't spend it'.

Merry Christmas!

But...But... I do have the money and someone else spent it. I got it back but it was a pain. However, I wouldn't be without my credit card for anything.

Merry Christmas to you to.

Fat Stelios · Post by **Fat Stelios** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:21 am

Sorry to hear about this Batman, poor form. I have luckily not fallen victim to this type of scumbag, but out of interest, what precautions, if any, can you take against it?

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:33 am

i thought you said £15??? sorry, i'll be more sympathetic tomorrow when i see thee

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:47 am

You are covered against ANY fraud from your bank account under the Banking Code. The code states that the bank will refund any losses unless it can show that you have been negligent.

Boris's experience is known as Phishing, it's a mock-up email allegedly from a bank, stating that you need to log on an update you security details by following the link. These emails are sent randomly, they don't know you have a relationship with that bank, they just send thousands of emails with the hope that a few will reach customers of that bank and one or two of those will fall for the scam.

The email link takes you to a webiste that looks like the bank's site excepet that it will ask for all of your security details rather than just the usual 2 or 3. The data is then collected by the fraudster who uses it to log on to your accounts and trasfer the money out.

The key thing here is to just ignore the email in the first place. Your bank will NEVER send you an email asking you to update your online security details and a lot of these emails gontain viruses and spyware.

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:40 am

more importantly since when have you had that kind of money, can i have my £5er back?

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:53 am

I must admit I was impressed that Batty had so much in his account, and so far from pay day!

jetsetwilly · Post by **jetsetwilly** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:02 am

Had a good one the other day.

Hi, I'm from YOUR phone company, and are ready to offer you a free upgrade. All I need are your security details.

I asked how I could be sure he was really from O2.

F**k off then was his reply ha ha

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:11 am

communistworkethic wrote:You are covered against ANY fraud from your bank account under the Banking Code. The code states that the bank will refund any losses unless it can show that you have been negligent.

Boris's experience is known as Phishing, it's a mock-up email allegedly from a bank, stating that you need to log on an update you security details by following the link. These emails are sent randomly, they don't know you have a relationship with that bank, they just send thousands of emails with the hope that a few will reach customers of that bank and one or two of those will fall for the scam.

The email link takes you to a webiste that looks like the bank's site excepet that it will ask for all of your security details rather than just the usual 2 or 3. The data is then collected by the fraudster who uses it to log on to your accounts and trasfer the money out.

The key thing here is to just ignore the email in the first place. Your bank will NEVER send you an email asking you to update your online security details and a lot of these emails gontain viruses and spyware.

Thanks for that Commie, on behalf of lots of people who should thank you...