Property News · October 13, 2014

Eight things your bank will never ask you (but a fraudster might)


The UK’s big banks have published a list of things they will never ask you to do – do you know what they are?In a bid to protect customers from fraud, the UK’s big banks have published a list of things they will never ask you to do. Sadly the list does not include “to repay your mortgage” or “to come into a branch for a ‘review’ of your needs”, but with luck it will save some from falling victim to the assorted phishing, vishing (phishing by phone) and courier (sending someone round to collect your card) scams which seem to be permanently doing the rounds. These all involve conmen pretending to be from your bank or building society or the police in a bid to get hold of your details.The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) reckons that millions of people are opening themselves up to possible fraud, while a survey by Santander found that a third of people aged over-65 were unfamiliar with the most common types of scams, double the proportion of younger people. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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