BBC News – Young vulnerable to bank scams, says BBA

[Legal Beagles]

Young adults under the age of 25 could be more vulnerable to money transfer scams than other age groups, a banking trade body has said. Research by the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) suggested one in six of those asked aged 18 to 25 would transfer money to a safe account if instructed to. However the […]

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[leclerc]

Re: BBC News – Young vulnerable to bank scams, says BBA

https://www.bba.org.uk/news/press-re.../#.VKfcASusWLZ

From where the information for the article came from...

[Amethyst]

Re: BBC News – Young vulnerable to bank scams, says BBA

Eight things your bank will NEVER ask you to do (but a fraudster might!):
1. Call or email to ask you for your full PIN number or any online banking passwords
2. Send someone to your home to collect cash, bank cards or anything else
3. Ask you to email or text personal or banking information
4. Send an email with a link to a page which asks you to enter your online banking log-in details
5. Ask you to authorise the transfer of funds to a new account or hand over cash
6. Call to advise you to buy diamonds, land or other commodities
7. Ask you to carry out a test transaction online
8. Provide banking services through any mobile apps other than the bank’s official apps

[leclerc]

Re: BBC News – Young vulnerable to bank scams, says BBA

A real life example of numbers 1 and 2 on the list: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Fr...ail/story.html