Tales of the Thunderturd

[NigelBickle]

I thought recent legislation stopped others paying large cash sums into your account, without your card, or you present?

I may ( of course) be wrong

[mercrocker]

I am sure you are correct Nigel - I have fallen foul of this a couple of times in recent months. There has to be an account trail or verified payee at the cash input end. You effectively have to pay the cash in yourself....

[Hooli]

£3k limit comes to mind?

[LynehamHerc]

Shows how often I have cash doesn't it.

[mercrocker]

There's a far less limit than £3K - In fact I don't think there is any allowance unless its 30 quid or summat. I could not pay £300 in to Mrs Rocker's account from my branch - it had to go into my account first. This, despite a demonstrable trail of such transactions over the previous 12 years.....

[NigelBickle]

Bonkers. Just bonkers

[mercrocker]

I know...They can ID-verify the cash-holder, CCTV the transaction, record the note numbers, audit the whole process etc. What they cannot seem to be able to do is stop people scamming account-holders electronically.....

[Hooli]

But that's ok they'll agree to pay them back with the profits that should be interest on the accounts of those not stupid enough to fall for it.

[mercrocker]

Thing is, it isn't only stupid people.....I am only a bit stupid but still got £2000 sucked out of my savings account after it was accessed illegally. This, despite only internet-banking on a work desk-top that had more virus protection and security firewalls than a Pentagon lock-and-load mainframe. In my view that can only have happened their side of the fence. I spotted the anomaly almost immediately, shut the internet account off and called Barclays. The drone at the other end started ticking me off for not having taken their piss-pot McAfee offer up. I've never done online banking since and because I cannot be arsed to change bank accounts I make sure there is never a penny more in my account than there needs to be.

[Hooli]

That's highly unusual then, the vast majority of it is idiots clicking on fake links & so on.