Martin Gregorie wrote: > On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 14:25 +0100, RW wrote: >> On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:20:13 -0300 >> xTrade Assessory wrote: >> >> >>> no serious bank, as any other serious company, would ever send out >>> emails asking for user details >>> >>> the user who believes that, is or incredible ingenious or incredible >>> stupid, so: happy clicking >> >> I don't think it's all that stupid given that many banks and other >> companies do more or less the same thing when they phone their >> customers. >> > That merely shows that stupidity is extremely widespread: other outfits > being lax about security doesn't give the banks a free pass. And, what > about companies who confirm an account sign-up by sending a single plain > text e-mail containing the name of the company, your login name and your > password? Or the multitude that use your e-mail address as the login > name? > > But back to banking? In the UK, anyway, you don't need to be either > intelligent or have any industry qualifications to run a bank. Back in > 2007 or thereabouts a quiz master asked what was the difference > between: > - the CEO who bankrupted the Northern Rock Building Society > - the CEO who bankrupted the Royal Bank of Scotland > - the boss of Barclays (I think - might have been the Co-OP Bank) > - Terry Wogan, who was a well-known radio presenter at the time. > > The answer was that the only one of them with any banking qualifications > was Terry Wogan.
media jokes certainly are not a good base for classification :) > > My bank says up front and in writing that they will never ask for > account or login details by e-mail. I suggest moving your account away > from any bank that doesn't have the same policy and stick to it. Make > sure you tell them why you're leaving, though. > I'm getting really curious because some of you insist I can not believe that there is somewhere a bank passing/asking credentials by email, I never saw it and I know about internal bank policies which do not permit *any* kind of email contact with clients Hans -- XTrade Assessory International Facilitator BR - US - CA - DE - GB - RU - UK +55 (11) 4249.2222 http://xtrade.matik.com.br
