omfg….. my mom has been scammed ‘out of her bankaccount’ ​ Ofc she bought something too good to be true on Facebook and clicked on a nice link that redirects to an OAUTH screen to connect her bank and give permissions and guess what she did ​

I can cry about this omg.. I’ve spend soo many hours trying to teach her digital security but she simple doesn’t understand it.. It always has to go wrong badly before steps are taken😿

At least the account is blocked now but I’m afraid it’s already too late 💸

I can’t fcking believe this shit ​ The link even had the ‘.info’ extension, I mean how much more clear does it needs to be 😞

@stux In the USA this would be protected and the liability on the bank. The bank would have to refund the money and take the loss themselves.

Maybe the same is true in the netherlands. Worth a try to file a fraud claim with the bank and see what happens.

Either way sorry to hear this

@freemo I hope indeed that they have such a system in place here.. These days it happens so much I guess there should be something ​♥️

@stux I've often been cautious with IBAN simply because I didnt know if these protections existed. It seems far too easy for a merchant to just not give me what I bought and keep my money.

My bike I keep int he netherlands cost me like 10K, my biggest expense in the netherlands, and i will tell you that made me quite paranoid. Only reason i was ok with it is because i knew the stores physical location and visited it before making the order. If they cheated me they were going to have to deal with an american who knows how to make gunpowder from a pile of rocks :)

@freemo Haha you should indeed 😮 With most stores that have a location it's no worries but many webshops these days have no address or anything and it's hoping you get your items. When you tap/click send in IBAN it's gone and no way to return it ​

There's now this issue with Bunq apps that "devs" create and request permissions from your account.. If they have it they can go wild ​

I only use Bunq for business since it's the "cheapest" but as normal account it's expensive as hell and support also kinda suck.. Plus they have no offices

@stux I use bunq simply because it has the most digital features. I have no objections to the service thus far.