Have you ever had someone try to fraud you? Someone has hacked into my bank account some how. The bank is doing an investigation as of now, but how do I prevent this in the future
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AGM627
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There is no safe banking option. Just less vulnerable ones. Talk to your bank about it. Or get a Swiss account
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Somebody did only about a month ago. I paid direct from my bank account into his bank account on EBAY for a PC Tower. English 350 pounds American nearly 700 dollars and before the transfer had even shown through he was no longer an Ebay member . I have a dispute going but will get nothing. The fact he is still trading under the name of the bank account and his Email address does not seem to matter to Ebay they will not give me any information on him because my dealings were with a second account name except for the emails and the payment. Oh did I forget to mention I did not get the Tower and when I phoned the number he gave me he answered but when I said who it was, he put the phone down on me and has blocked any calls from me
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Someone collected a gun from me, but they had false information. That was fraud. (It wasn't supposed to be a gun either!) Apart from that though...
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Never, never use the internet to pay a bill by credit card or by check. once your information is sent into cyberspace, an arab on a camel can steal your money. computers are fun, but not safe for money transactions.
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My mother-in-law had outgoing bills taken from the mailbox and her identity was potentially compromised. She had to close all of her acounts and get get new cards and acounts. There is a service than montitors the 4 types of identitites we each have that are vulnerable to theft. It does this constantly and notified us when there is a discrepancy. It then helps make the necessary repairs. There is a link for that at http://thereligionforum.com . Or - I can send it to you viw e-mail It is a difficult and growing problem. The most important thing you can do is constantly monitor your credit and protect your Social Security number. You might also want to Google yourself from time to time.
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Once a guy who worked at a bank gave a speech about identity theft and bank fraud. I asked him if it makes sense to change your account numbers and get new credit cards issued frequently. He said no, because it's more work for the bank, but I think it makes a heck of a lot of sense. The fewer people who have your bank account number, and credit card number, the better. I would keep a minimal amount in the bank, just enough to pay bills with. Keep cash locked up safely at home, in case of emergency. Have multiple accounts. I don't think thieves go for accounts with low numbers. Good luck, and I'm sorry this happened. The Swiss account is not so easy to get, and the minimum balance is rather high.
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There are a huge number of scams in progress all over the world right at this very moment, so one thing I do is have two accounts. One for my money, and one for doing business from. Naturally, I keep about $5 in it and only transfer money into it for whatever amount I need to transfer to another account etc. It's good for when i need to give out bank info over the internet etc, because if I do get ripped off it's only a small amount. Naturally I never give out my other account info. And yes, I've had people try to scam me before. Especially in Asia. Thailand and India were particularly rife with scam artists and if you spend any length of time in either place, you're bound to run into one or more.
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