Tankus Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Gangs of fraudsters operating from Russia and eastern Europe are stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds a year from online banks by exploiting gullible and greedy British account holders.The number of so-called phishing scams is increasing sharply, according to new figures compiled by a leading British email security company, MessageLabs, which monitors the bursts of baited messages sent out to internet users. Last September it intercepted 279 suspect emails; in January it stopped 337,350 phishing-related messages.The Guardian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 I'd rather pop up the High Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Radfordin Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 "exploiting gullible and greedy British account holders"There sure seem to be a lot of people like that. How long will people go on thinking you can get something for nothing (419ers) or fail to pay attention to warning messages that Banks will never ask for you to tell them all your security details.I've used online banking for the last 4 years and have not had a single problem. No-one has taken money they shouldn't and I haven't given my security details to anyone. The only time I visit the high street bank is the pay in the ocassional cheque or to do something that the bank doesn't allow to be done online.As with so many things (scams/mistakes in orders etc) it is the human element that is the bigest weakness not the technology behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Radfordin Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Lloyds predict the future:19Apr04 CPT LNK CHELTENHAM CD 7932Thats a current entry on my on-line statement...only 2 days ahead of themselves then!(Easily explained when you understand the debit card principles) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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