banagan Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 My phone was stolen and bank app was compromised, had money transferred to some Thai guy. Police gave me a report to give to my bank to investigate further, I guess to get the full name and a/c number. So, they'll have all the details of the guy who received the stolen money. What are the chances of having this returned? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Her brother/husband got your money? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banagan Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 1 minute ago, champers said: Her brother/husband got your money? No idea who has it, but the police will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Your account was "compromised". Please clarify. Did you give your password to someone? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banagan Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, champers said: Your account was "compromised". Please clarify. Did you give your password to someone? Didn't give my pw to anyone. Pw was my date of birth, which they must have figured from my phone before I wiped it with google find my phone. This shouldn't matter, as I canceled the phone with my bank, the only way to add app to my new phone. Bank assured me the app can only work on one phone at a time, which is why I didn't think they could possibly get in. Can we keep this thread related to the original question please? Edited August 24, 2022 by banagan edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 MOVED to Banking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) ZERO, in short the Police will probaly tell you like they told my Wife recently that they have too many cases and will do nothing, then the banlk wil tell you its the Polices job and not their problem......welcome to Thailand, My Wife had the id card of the woman who laundered the money, she got 1000 baht of 8000 stolen, they pay people to use the ir facebook accounts and other id, this was a facebook scam in her case. As an aside I refuse to have any information on my mobile phone which I rarely use anyway, its there for an emergency call only nothing else,as far as Im concerned mobile phones are an awful idea for any security and seem wide open to problems, who the hell wants to carry around something easily lost with all their private info on. Edited August 24, 2022 by Rampant Rabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rampant Rabbit Posted August 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2022 46 minutes ago, banagan said: Pw was my date of birth, Theres your first mistake 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starky Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 How can the police help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan O Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 How did they steal your phone? Or did you lose the phone and someone found it. Its up to the bank if they want to recover your funds. Was the money transferred after you notified the bank? Its up to the police to pursue the theft of the phone and the money. Chance are slim they will chase it unless there was a significant amount lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) First time I've heard of something like this, they found phone, was able to get in and access app and add new payee, unlikely to get money back but keep trying. You should have frozen or closed the account after the first fraudulent transfer Edited August 24, 2022 by scubascuba3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuang Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Lost or stolen... different scenarios.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post peterfranks Posted August 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, banagan said: Pw was my date of birth That wasn't really smart, 123456 would have been more secure This is your second thread about this, and from your previous thread it is also clear that you often have phones and wallets "stolen". Maybe you should look for other company Edited August 25, 2022 by peterfranks 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterfranks Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 7 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said: as far as Im concerned mobile phones are an awful idea for any security and seem wide open to problems, I think you are wrong about that, since phones are much more secure than your PC or your little red ledger 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 8 hours ago, banagan said: What are the chances of having this returned? Ask the bank. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) so your phone was stolen ... does that mean you were drunk and left it on the bar or table? they accessed your phone with your pin number ? how ? then they accessed your banking app with your DoB ? if you didn't leave the phone in a bar .. i'd check with the gf's thai bf . chances are near zero of getting your money back but .... hey' go ask the bank. Edited August 25, 2022 by steven100 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pooreye Posted August 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) I think the bank will flat out refuse to reimburse the OP if the story is true... 1. The phone got stolen! 2. The thief managed to crack the pin to open phone!! 3. AND he cracked the bank app pin too!!! Edited August 25, 2022 by Pooreye Pin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 9 hours ago, banagan said: Pw was my date of birth, There's one born every minute! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 42 minutes ago, peterfranks said: I think you are wrong about that, since phones are much more secure than your PC or your little red ledger Phones are used wherever you are, outside the home. PCs are , usually, static, in your house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoguy21 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Minimal at best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Several reported off-topic and argumentative posts have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banagan Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 I think most of you didn't read the part where I went into my bank branch, canceled the app on the stolen phone, installed on a new phone. The bank told me it is impossible to use another phone to use their app. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banagan Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Pooreye said: I think the bank will flat out refuse to reimburse the OP if the story is true... 1. The phone got stolen! 2. The thief managed to crack the pin to open phone!! 3. AND he cracked the bank app pin too!!! I reported the phone stolen with my bank, went into the branch, added the bank app to my new phone, which took a bunch of red tape. They told me the app can only be used on my phone, impossible from another, stolen phone. Apparently not. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdsa Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 and that's exactly the reason why I don't use any bank apps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 48 minutes ago, banagan said: I reported the phone stolen with my bank, went into the branch, added the bank app to my new phone, which took a bunch of red tape. They told me the app can only be used on my phone, impossible from another, stolen phone. Apparently not. sure the website wasn't used rather than the app? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banagan Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 18 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said: sure the website wasn't used rather than the app? I've never used on website, not set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00dle Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 12 hours ago, banagan said: Pw was my date of birth really. it never ceases to amaze me how very thick people are. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 On 8/25/2022 at 2:26 AM, banagan said: My phone was stolen and bank app was compromised, had money transferred to some Thai guy. Police gave me a report to give to my bank to investigate further, I guess to get the full name and a/c number. So, they'll have all the details of the guy who received the stolen money. What are the chances of having this returned? I don't see how the bank is at fault here, so I'd guess you'll need to recover those funds from the thief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 On 8/25/2022 at 5:46 AM, scubascuba3 said: First time I've heard of something like this, they found phone, was able to get in and access app and add new payee, unlikely to get money back but keep trying. You should have frozen or closed the account after the first fraudulent transfer Yes losing a phone with banking apps is dangerous. But most people have a password on their phone and one on their banking app. I got two different passwords of course. I wonder how they figured out his birth date. Maybe it was someone he knew otherwise how to figure out his birth date. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 17 minutes ago, robblok said: Maybe it was someone he knew otherwise how to figure out his birth date. This guy seems so forgetful it was probably written down on a piece of paper tucked inside the phone case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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