Never mind the Clarkson scam...Barclays boss falls victim to ID fraud

[emad]

guardian.co.uk, Thursday January 10 2008


A fraudster posing as the chairman of Barclays stole £10,000 from the bank after tricking a member of staff into sending him a credit card, it emerged today.

The conman duped call centre staff into issuing a credit card in the name of banking boss Marcus Agius and then used it to withdraw funds at a high street branch.

It is believed that the thief, working alone or as part of a gang, used the internet to find out details concerning Agius, such as his date of birth and address.

He then contacted a Barclaycard employee and requested that a new card be sent out.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/jan/10/scamsandfraud.creditcards

[Nihil]

1. Hah!

I somehow doubt that he'll have the same hassle as other customers though.
Still, someone will have got a rocket for that little "human error".

From the article:
> "This is an ongoing battle with professional fraudsters. All Barclays
> customers, from the chairman downwards, have a 100% fraud guarantee
> as long as they take responsible care of their information."

I'm wondering how long it will be before the small print starts mentioning
FaceBook and such like as exceptions for the refund clause ...

[T_i_B]

2. Heck, even on Facebook...

...there are still some pretty common sense things you can do to protect your privacy.

And to think that this is one of the few forums where I haven't gratuitously promoted the DU Facebook group! I think I'll promote the "I bet I can find 1,000,000 people who dislike George Bush!" group instead as that one is not to far off meeting the 1 million target!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5022036305