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Jun 6, 2024
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jacobugath
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How did they get your money? It sounds like the only thing that occurred was the phone call and then you logged into
your account on some device?
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Scammers are heartless evil jerks: The story of how $25K disappeared from my bank account.
keithcoug
All-American
Jun 6, 6:00am
I'm sorry sorry dude. I had something like this almost happen to me.
NumbersGuy
Jun 6, 6:08am
Are you onboard enough to call for the death penalty.
Q-grr
Jun 7, 2:12pm
Thiefs are the worst. So sorry, man.
Iman23
Jun 6, 6:27am
Dang! If the money came out of the bank, the fraud team will hopefully help.
Leonardo
Jun 6, 6:33am
So how did they get in remotely if you hung up before giving them access
OKchief
Jun 6, 6:35am
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WorfoSAUR
Jun 6, 6:53am
They probably already had his login and password. The 2FA texts were legitimatel
Cougarclaw
Jun 6, 8:45am
ooof... I am so sorry this happened to you
NanoFab Coug
Jun 6, 6:36am
So she asked you to verbally give her verification codes from your bank? I’ve heard of people doing this. They go to
yapacoug
Jun 6, 6:55am
How did they remotely access your phone?
dingus79
Jun 6, 7:21am
This sucks,so sorry. How did the money leave? Was it a wire/ach/zelle?
banksters
Jun 6, 7:24am
Banks will never ask for verification codes over the phone.
shoganai
Jun 6, 7:31am
How did they get your money? It sounds like the only thing that occurred was the phone call and then you logged into
jacobugath
Jun 6, 7:42am
Sounds like they are getting ridiculously good at this. I need to remind my wife and kids.
Ragnar Danneskjold
Jun 6, 7:43am
Sorry I got pulled away for work. The rest of the story , (Spoiler I got the money back. )
keithcoug
Jun 6, 7:46am
appreciate you coming back with the update. Scammers are very good at social
Saxa
Jun 6, 8:04am
Thank you very much for sharing this, Keith!
Fervent Cougar
Jun 6, 8:19am
I mean, I think it was probably poor judgement to give your 2nd factor number...
OPINIONS
Jun 6, 10:04am
I worry as my wife and I get older we will fall for this stuff more and more.
Florwood
Jun 6, 7:58am
this is what I worry about. Older people lose some of their ability to handle
runnincoug
Jun 6, 8:13am
Don't give MFA codes to anyone on a phone call
Belboz
Jun 6, 9:45am
Good advice but when on the phone with Xfinity customer service they often send
CougSilver
Jun 6, 10:50am
At least in that case, you initiated the call with them
NorthernLight
Jun 6, 10:54am
Scammers deserve the noose.
EDthoracotomy
Jun 7, 3:48pm
That’s too humane
Powerbait DPM
Jun 7, 4:51pm
Someone eye rolled me but stealing someone life savings merits death.
EDthoracotomy
Jun 7, 10:10pm
I eyerolled you because your statement is so ridiculous that an eyeroll is the correct response.
jacobugath
Jun 7, 10:37pm
Yeah we should just let a bank account with 500K get zapped. Nothing like
EDthoracotomy
Jun 8, 8:37am
Had to share this after seeing it. Scammers deserve the noose.
EDthoracotomy
Jun 17, 11:11am
There should be a 24-72hour delay before sending money to a new account. I think
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Jun 7, 4:53pm
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