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Woman loses life savings after falling for HSBC text scam
New York Post ^ | Dec. 14, 202

Posted on 12/16/2023 5:47:12 PM PST by george76

A woman has told how she lost her life savings after she fell for a sophisticated text scam.

When Suni Wan received a message from her bank HSBC saying that there was some fraudulent activity on her account she called them straight back.

The text did not seem unusual as it appeared in the same thread that her bank usually messaged her in.

The message told her that a new device had logged onto her account and if it wasn’t her to call back immediately.

The man on the other end of the phone said that an S8 had logged onto her account, which worried Suni as she had previously owned an S8, which is a Samsung phone.

Concerned that someone had got hold of her old phone and was using it to try and get into her bank account, Suni rattled off all the information the “bank” asked her, including her name, address and date of birth.

They also asked her to generate a one time pass code and read it out so they could fix the issue.

“Then he said there’s been some unusual activities and he put me on hold for quite a while..

Suni only grew suspicious when the man on the line started asking questions about her cryptocurrency account Coinspot.

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Suni rang HSBC immediately and asked them to freeze her account but the scammers had already taken $49,000.

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“The industry has seen an increase in fraudsters using ‘text spoofing’ to deliberately falsify the telephone number to appear as a genuine bank text message.”

“Scam text messages can even appear in the same message chain as real messages from the organisation, making them even harder to spot.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: bankscam; hsbc; hsbctextscam; scam; scammers; spoofing; text; textscam; textscammers; textspoofing
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1 posted on 12/16/2023 5:47:12 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

But, but, but.... two factor authentication.


2 posted on 12/16/2023 5:53:21 PM PST by glorgau
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To: george76

Old article from the year 202.

New York Post ^ | Dec. 14, 202


3 posted on 12/16/2023 5:53:26 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: george76

I’d love to see phone/text scammers executed.


4 posted on 12/16/2023 5:54:21 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: glorgau

Or call the 1800 number on it’s actual official page and not the number in the email.


5 posted on 12/16/2023 5:55:11 PM PST by Jonty30 (In a nuclear holocaust, there is always a point in time where the meat is cooked to perfection. )
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To: george76

That’s a pretty scary one because her threads matched up and she had recently had an S8. She was primed by those two things.


6 posted on 12/16/2023 5:56:16 PM PST by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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To: ansel12

202. Did they even have text messaging back then? 😏


7 posted on 12/16/2023 5:56:34 PM PST by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated.)
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To: Codeflier

Yep. They’re getting more sophisticated with their schemes for sure.


8 posted on 12/16/2023 5:57:41 PM PST by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated.)
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To: george76

Well, that’s what happens when you deal with a dope bank. Started as one, still handles cartel money. Comey was even associated with it.


9 posted on 12/16/2023 5:57:47 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up.)
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To: george76

We used to pay by cash and checks. And the world was fine.

Then bank and the government pushed electronic banking on us, without being able to make it secure. And when it fails, we pay the price.


10 posted on 12/16/2023 5:58:52 PM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: Fido969

Fraud was rampant with checks!


11 posted on 12/16/2023 6:00:42 PM PST by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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To: Allegra

I don’t know, I’m pretty sure you could scroll though.

By the way, this phone scam was really elaborate.


12 posted on 12/16/2023 6:03:42 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Allegra

Yes but camera phones were still primitive then.


13 posted on 12/16/2023 6:03:43 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: george76
My phone is just that. A phone. I don't use it for anything else.

No business or financial transactions are done by phone, text or otherwise.

14 posted on 12/16/2023 6:04:14 PM PST by lewislynn ( Trump accomplished more for America in one 4yr term than any President in your lifetime)
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To: Fido969; Codeflier
We used to pay by cash and checks. And the world was fine.

Cash and checks were all subject to counterfeiting. The world was not "fine".

15 posted on 12/16/2023 6:06:00 PM PST by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: ansel12

That *is* quite old!


16 posted on 12/16/2023 6:06:35 PM PST by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: Larry Lucido

Yep, not even one megapixel back then. And phones were on dial-up.


17 posted on 12/16/2023 6:06:35 PM PST by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated.)
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To: Seruzawa
Doing something about this kind of thing would be a useful activity our government could do to benefit citizens.

Of course, that's why they won't bother.

18 posted on 12/16/2023 6:07:50 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: george76

Two words - Zero Trust.


19 posted on 12/16/2023 6:07:52 PM PST by libh8er
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Poor baby, I feel so bad for her. These scammers are constantly sending me phishing emails. As much as I want to scam them, it’s not worth taking the chance. I automatically delete the emails and move along. It’s also the reason I got rid of my cell phone. I hardly ever used it anyway.


20 posted on 12/16/2023 6:08:41 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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