November 2nd, 2014
The 8 things your bank will never do
Worried about fraud? The BBA have issued a definitive list of 8 things your bank will NEVER do.
- Call or email to ask you for your full PIN number or any online banking passwords
- Send someone to your home to collect cash, bank cards or anything else
- Ask you to email or text personal or banking information
- Send an email with a link to a page which asks you to enter your online banking log-in details
- Ask you to authorise the transfer of funds to a new account or hand over cash
- Call to advise you to buy diamonds or land or other commodities
- Ask you to carry out a test transaction online
- Provide banking services through any mobile apps other than the bank’s official apps
If you are worried you may have been tricked then tell your bank immediately.
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Banking Scams