Fraud Call Doing the Rounds - Don't Give Out Personal Details!
This has happened to me 2 days ago and till date it is not clear to me whether it was a prank call or whatever.
A woman called me on my land line and the conversation went on like this;
Caller: Assallam aleikum, (asks something in Arabic)
Me: Walecumm assalam, No Arabic please..
She transfers the call to an English speaking lady.
ES caller: We are conducting a survey on Bank Accounts, so in which bank do you have your account.?
Me: I don't have any bank a/c as I am not working.
Caller: But your husband must be having an a/c so can you please give his a/c No.?
Me: I don't know his a/c no.
Caller: ok, can you give any of your friends or relatives a/c No.?
By this time I was suspecting that something was rather fishy, so I asked her more details about the survey and she just disconnected the phone. I wonder what any survey has to do with your Bank A/c No.?
This post is just to alert you.
Well, it could be a fraudulent call as just today i read something related to BANKS on "Commercial Bank Website" would like to share this with you guys!
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Dear Commercialbank Customer,
Recently, our valued customers have reported receiving fraudulent emails that appear to be from Commercialbank, but which are, in fact, sent by imposters. Fraudulent emails typically include attachments, request personal information or both. The fraudulent email may provide a web link that connects to a Commercialbank look-alike site. When such emails are sent in our name, Commercialbank works aggressively with law enforcement agencies to investigate them. We kindly would like to remind you that Commercialbank does not ask customers to provide sensitive information in this way. You should not reply to such emails.
Be very suspicious of any business or person who asks for your password, ATM PIN number, or other highly sensitive information. If you have responded to one of the emails giving personal information, please contact Commercialbank contact Center as soon as possible on +974-4490000. These may appear to come from a trusted business or friend, but actually are designed to trick you into downloading a virus or jumping to a fraudulent website and disclosing sensitive information.
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Hey Operator, If, I can't get the Nigerians to deposit their 7 millions dollars into my church donation box; What makes you think I got a bank account?
:( No money yet.....Just dust and empty moldew air......
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds..
me beautiful???
Believe in free s*x (will soon arrange an orgy for QL) and booze......will tell u a lot of wayz 2 got out of ur fears and inhibitions......
u dint tell me why r u wasting ur engg degree???
LOL Amigo,
This thought just came to my mind. Otherwise I am an optimistic and fun loving person, true Gemini, you know? And truly I believe that the world is beautiful...you too....
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just relax and enjoy........the world is not so evil dear......may b the rent a car guy is right.......anyway if u envisage any prob just cut the card into two and apply for a new one from another bank...there r so many of them.......
Just relax.......goto a massage parlour with ur hubby and just chill....u need to unwind and start trusting strangers.....myself included.;)
Tony,
Senti is having a lots of beer of late...just forget about his comments....Bechara piyela hai....Senti, how will you go home my dear? beware of potholes...
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Amigo66,
One more thing. We are relatively new to Doha...just 6 months here. When my husband was not having his own car he and his friend went for rent-a-car. The dealer has taken the copy of their credit card as a guarantee. When we returned the car to the dealer , he refused to give the copy back to us saying that it will remain with him for records. My question is can anybody misuse it? Is it a risk having our credit card copy with them? if yes, what steps should we have taken to get it back?
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with senti's post, please...
btw have seen ur profile....u have an engg degree but r not working....may I ask 4 any particular reason?.....if interested we need skilled woman/man/TS power...
I dont see any reason to worry.....what if they have ur acc number even. They wont b able to draw......so ??? just relax dear.
"Back to the thread,i am the chef" for today go o
"Drink Beer Save Water"
Don't worry Tony, Senti is my dearest friend, he knows it very well....Hindi-Nepali bhai bhai (behen - bhai?)but his timing and place is always wrong...lol...
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dont worry about it... they cant do anything with just ur bank name. BUT never divulge any personal information on the phone. Or my all time favorite... lie... lie... lie... and then ask the lady on the phone what color eyes she got?
I am going to HMC right now.Shreeya why did u ask me like that ?lol
"Drink Beer Save Water"
you missed the small column on Gulf times today
you will know the reason why are they doing so
check page 4 and read. i dont have it here at home.
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i dont know him but know i have become the patron saints of all _______....
hey, senti, you are the only one at QL that is so interesting! dont be put down by what Shreeya says...
Tony..Da..must be your clever Modus Operandy....lol. Now come to the point. Yeah it was my mistake that I'd forgotten to take the number of the caller. But this thing is really really serious and definitely going around.
Today I ve called some of my friends. One of them had the similar experience. And the pain is she told them the name of the Bank where her husband is having an a/c. Now she is totally worried. But what do you think, as they are having the name of the Bank only and not the a/c no?
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although, did u ask urself, how we got ur number in the first place?
Senti,
You are a true pain in Azz...How you are always there when not needed at all?
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Arey Da...meri age chhupaneke liye kya lega? What the hell....I have to make a compromise with you. So, you don't disclose my age and I won't disclose yours....whatever....lol
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Ya Darude you r right
"Drink Beer Save Water"
have u seen mirror lately or not you are just one old LADY NOT GAL WAKE UP :D
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You people are hijacking my thread. Now I suspect Darude you and Tony are playing this game here. You change your voice tone and call poooooor gals like me, at home, and ask for a/c numbers....hmmmmmm....
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weekend you wana go there ah am sure you will get lost in no time guess u never seen that place on weekends specially on friday all the indus labour all of them all i mean aaaallllll are there. u dont even find place to step.
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Casino Kitchens Restaurant and Happiness Brucelee...
believe it or not, it is a pretty decent Iranian joint in Najma
i always wanted to go there.... maybe i will this weekend.
/me readies my pif puf...
c'mon, i'll take u all!
btw, isnt that spelled pif paf? i miss air/banned/bentley hmm... thats a cool avatar air banned bentley GT 2020
lets get her she is coming from dubai sure she will need to open an account.
leave this poor soul tonymontana he aint worth Burger king he said it.
Tony try Bismillah restaurant in Irani souq. may be they will help you :D
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lol, shreeya will bounce my checks even at Burger King ...
Hey Darude,
Why don't you join me in this sin? We can make a gang and make Tonymontana's life pure hell...lol
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tonymontana forgot his cheque book with me i will give it to you and u can enjoy for rest of ur life and make his life hell :D
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Thanku Darude...you are the only one who cares!!! Just give me a blank cheque , I will fill up the amount, don't want to trouble you more...sob sob sob....
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at least give me
ur account number will donate something poor you :D
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wow... nice to see something going on in our language. chak de india.... three cheers for the indian team. hip hip hurray,hip hip hurray,hip hip hurray
maybe i went to the wrong thread...nvm..
have a nice day..:D
Take care ladies and bro...njoy ur evenin schedules and have a nice time...
Till the next time..god bless and keep rocking...
Byeeeee
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where....... I can still see you
hmmmm...am lost again..:(
Kahan se aate hain aise ideas Lagaan ke baarey mein...
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itna star news mat dekh .......hamne lagaan nahi diya!!! LOL
Party time guys/gals!!!!!So.... hamne LAGAAN nahi diya...Hurrrrrayh
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roj 2.30-3 KSA line mei.....aaj kitne ghante QL pe lagaye.....
Uss hisab se paise.....Why do u think he is first one to post goodmorning thread everyday
India Register Win by 7 Wicketsssssssssss..........
Charannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Come backkkkkkkkkkk
Congrats guys...... and ofcourse Galssssssss
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hahahahahahahaha funny
dehari kay hisaab se LOL
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Ray & NTN...Line mein nahin since my comp is based out of Dubai...they send me a cheque...and i do have one but its a joint one...tho i meant i didnt have 1 separately...
Shreeya: Nigerian freinds...to try..millions...and my bank a/c no...how sweet u r...aap mujhe pehle kyon nahin milee...pls...aap ki jeet aur aap ka a/c...pls meri jaan baksh dho gal...
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you really dont have account?Salary kya HUM (Movie)style mei line mei lag kar milti hai?Dihadi ke Hisaab se?LOL
Never got any SMS like that but I am having plenty of lotteries from my Nigerian dudes in my Yahoo a/c. The figures are in millions ...gosh...I am certainly going to try it one day. Only for that purpose I need your A/c no...just to transfer the funds...'ll share it amongst ourselves...
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bottomline..don't give informations regarding money matters (i.e bank account) via telephone (trust your instinct)..
You Sure??
and whats the special treat??
hmm hmmm
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Shreeya : Too bad. :(
Ksarat : Dude, you don't have a bank account in Qatar??? You've gotta be kidding. How do you get your salary then? Don't tell me Q-Tel asks you to stand in a queue for your daily wages. LOL. I remember a friend of mine, although he was working for a big private company and despite being at Asst. Managerial level, he used collect his salary in cash at the end of each month. And we pulled his leg quite a lot that he has to touch the owner's feet and all that once he gets the pay packet. LOL. Eventually when the company decided to transfer salaries to the bank accounts, he threw a party for us! LOL
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Darude,
I am also conducting a survey on Bank A/c Balance. You tell me your a/c no., password and amount. Special treat for the one who is having the highest balance....soooo....rush!!
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And Rayyz, I don't have that number, chchchchch
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I dont have a bank a/c here...infact has this ever happened to u...
gettin a sms on ur mobile from Sender named Yahoo saying that u have won a lottery and we want ur a/c no to transfer that crap...it happens on the Internet yes but it happened to my father and then series to a couple of my other uncles as well...on their mobiles...
So take it easy buddies...its a tough world out there...
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Buzz-offoff-poser :D
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but conducted by bad amateurs. But people should be aware. There are professionals in the field. Never give your bank account nos, PIN, passwords etc to strangers
May the roof above us never fall in, and may the friends below never fall out!
I have to check again, Rayyz ,for the number.
NTN and KSA,
Thanks and main bilkul dhyan rakhungi.
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Do you still have the number or not? Atleast we can know which person or office called you in the first place.
Maybe its about time to report it to the right authorities if such a thing is happening at large. I for one haven't received any such calls to date.
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Yay! Way to go Ray!
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Take it easy on those calls...its jus enterring Qatar and u need to be very careful...
Personal info is all that is required...sometimes try to avoid the call...by not prolonging the conversation buddy...
Zara Dhyaan se...
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These calls are doing the rounds......Pls all don't let out your a/c number or any details
Do you have that number on your caller ID?
Pass it on and I'll have a look up with a friend in Q-Tel.
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1000 QL Points!!!
Yay! Way to go Ray!
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