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FOG BLOG RIDICULOG: THIS WEEK HACKING INTO PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNTS :

HERE'S A STORY YOU'LL WANT TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO........AS YOU SAW INT HE PROMO.....WE KNOW IN THIS 21ST 2ND DECADE CULTURE WE ARE IN , MANY IF NOT ALL HAVE DONE SOME OR ALL BANKING ONLINE THROUGH OUR PHONES, TABLETS OR LAPTOP......SOUNDS EASY AND THE BANKS PROMISE YOUR MONEY IS SAFE TO DOWNLOAD THE APP AND START BANKING, BUT NEWS STORIES LIKE THE FOLLOWING ARE MORE COMMON THAN YOU THINK AND HACKERS ARE GETTING BETTER AT GETTING TO YOUR MONEY. A LADY LAST YEAR WENT TO TELL HER STORY TO CBC NEWS NB.....HER BANK ACCOUNT HAD BEEN HACKED AND THE HACKER TOOK ALL HER MONEY. SHE WAS LEFT WITH NOTHING AND HAD TO PAY BILLS , RENT ETC. SHE THOUGHT, NO PROBLEM , I USED THE BANK APP, ITS UP TO THEM TO RESTORE THE MONEY IN MY ACCOUNT.......NO SIR! THE BANK TOLD HER THAT THEIR FIREWALL SECURITY WAS EFFICIENT AND THE PROBLEM WAS ON HER END STATING THAT THE SECURITY ISSUE WAS WITH HER ELECTRONIC DEVICE.......THEY REFUSED TO PUT THE MONEY BACK INTO HER ACCOUNT. THE HEADACHE CAME INTO PLAY WITH HER HAVING TO CONTACT VARIOUS PEOPLE TO DO WITH THE BANK AND HAVE THEM LOOK INTO IT. SHE DID GET HER MONEY BACK , BUT IT WAS NOT SIMPLE AND THE OWNESS WAS ON HER TO MAKE THE CALLS AND LOOK INTO IT. ITS 2021 AND THIS IS THE WAY OF LIFE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO DO BANKING ONLINE BUT AFTER THIS STORY I WILL NOT DO THIS......I HAVE A CREDIT CARD TO DO THINGS ONLINE BUT GO TO MY BANK IN ORDER TO DO BANKING BUSINESS. THAT WAY IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG THE ARE LIABLE FOR IT.........SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, EVEN IN THIS COVID WORLD!


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