Bank account fraud

[bobspud]

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How the feck did they those mobile numbers?

Well Im sure that nat west encrypt their databases at rest so it could never accidentally pop out the back door on the end of a disgruntled worker...

[northernladuk]

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How the feck did they those mobile numbers?

Huh?

[suityou01]

Yeah but Suity doesn't listen to anyone

Sometimes it's worth embarrassing large companies.

Suity could have had a nice spread in a broadsheet with IT consultant under his name looking like he's an expert in cyber crime.

Harsh and not fair. I did write to EE and ask them for the details as prescribed here. They refused. "It's not a service they provide".

What should I do next?

[suityou01]

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How the feck did they obtain those mobile numbers?

Yup this also happened to me. I reported it to their fraud team, and sent emails with screenshots. It took them a week to do anything about it, and I imagine a week is a lot of successful phishing for the scumbags.

[DimPrawn]

Switch banks.

Nationwide Building Society, great service, IT centre in Swindon, no bank shareholders, good IT security.

[SueEllen]

Switch banks.

Nationwide Building Society, great service, IT centre in Swindon, no bank shareholders, good IT security.

Not to Nationwide they take long term customers for granted and lie on the phone when they make a mistake as not to resolve the issue. (One reason why I have a recording app on my mobile.)

However do change banks.

[NickFitz]

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How the feck did they obtain those mobile numbers?

How do PPI scammers get them, or the accident claim mob? If nothing else, it's pretty trivial to just spam SMSs at assorted numbers, and to spoof the source number. There's nothing in the story to suggest that only NatWest customers are receiving the messages. It's just phishing, exactly as scattergun as email spam, and as easy to spoof.