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Posted by Taranis on Oct-20-2007 19:03:

Dumb financial/banking/internet money transfer question

If someone (a random from the internet who's buying something off me) wants to transfer money to my bank account directly from theirs, will giving them my account number + BSB number allow them to do so? And is there any risk in giving them the aformentioned details?

I'm pretty uninformed when it comes to this kind of thing :| My dad thinks it's going to allow them to access my account and withdraw money, but he's always been paranoid as fuck so I dunno how safe it is/n't. So of course I do what one does in this kind of situation, and came to the internet for advice

Posted by Silky Johnson on Oct-20-2007 19:05:

Email money transfer, hello!

Are you fucking crazy? I would NEVER give ANYone my account info, lol.

Posted by Ygrene on Oct-20-2007 19:07:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
Email money transfer, hello!

Are you fucking crazy? I would NEVER give ANYone my account info, lol.

+ a gigantic 1

Never give that information out. Set it up thru Paypal or something.

Posted by Taranis on Oct-20-2007 19:07:

If I was fucking crazy I would have just gone ahead and done it instead of trying to clarify first I mean it's no information that I haven't given to my job to allow them to pay me, but I guess there's the difference between a job and some random on the internet.

Basically I was just curious as to what having those details would allow someone to do.

Posted by Frenchie on Oct-20-2007 19:08:

Re: Dumb financial/banking/internet money transfer question

It'll screw you over of they have that info.

Posted by Marc Summers on Oct-20-2007 19:08:

guys did you know that TA filters out social security numbers?

***-**-****

wow, cool!

Joking, JOKING, don't fall for this, lol.

Posted by Ygrene on Oct-20-2007 19:11:

iam-so-1337

HEY NO IT DIDNT!!!

Posted by Taranis on Oct-20-2007 19:11:

Ok, question answered, seems the general consensus is 'fuck no,' I'll tell the dude to use paypal.

quote:
guys did you know that TA filters out social security numbers?

***-**-****

wow, cool!

I'm ignorant, not fucking stupid and at least I admit it I guess.

Posted by Silky Johnson on Oct-20-2007 19:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Taranis
Basically I was just curious as to what having those details would allow someone to do.

Wow. Just wow.

Posted by Frenchie on Oct-20-2007 19:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Taranis

Basically I was just curious as to what having those details would allow someone to do.

quote:
Originally posted by Taranis

I'm ignorant, not fucking stupid

Apparently you are.

Posted by Taranis on Oct-20-2007 19:15:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
Wow. Just wow.

Like I said, I'm ignorant when it comes to these things. I go to work, money appears in my account, I stick my card into an ATM and type in a number and money comes out. It's pretty bad I know, but I just don't pay a huge amount of attention to these things unless it potentially impacts me in some manner.

Anyway yeah, I got my answer, feel free to commence bashing me for being dumb.

Posted by Marc Summers on Oct-20-2007 19:16:

guys, guys, ladies, please lets be nice to him

Posted by shaw on Oct-20-2007 19:17:

DON'T SEND TEH NUMBAR!

Posted by Silky Johnson on Oct-20-2007 19:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Taranis
Like I said, I'm ignorant when it comes to these things. I go to work, money appears in my account, I stick my card into an ATM and type in a number and money comes out. It's pretty bad I know, but I just don't pay a huge amount of attention to these things unless it potentially impacts me in some manner.

Anyway yeah, I got my answer, feel free to commence bashing me for being dumb.

"These things"? It's common fucking sense dude. Give your parents a pat on the back for doing such a good job with you, lol.

Posted by Marc Summers on Oct-20-2007 19:31:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
"These things"? It's common fucking sense dude. Give your parents a pat on the back for doing such a good job with you, lol.

aw, be nice pie, he doesn't know, educate him instead of ridiculing him.

Posted by Spacey Orange on Oct-20-2007 19:31:

Re: Dumb financial/banking/internet money transfer question

Hello Taranis,

On behalf of my family (the Oranges), I would like to seek your advice and guidance, if you could perhaps assist us invest some funds into any profitable investment opportunities in your country.

We would be delighted if you could please provide detailed information and procedures for investment. We would review your proposition and enter into partnership agreement with you or your company if only your proposition is satisfactory and acceptable.

Firstly, I do not know if you are very familiar with my family case with the present civilian Government of the Federal Republic of Citrana under President Yellow Lemon. Following the sudden death of my late father - (Gen.Sani Orange) on the 8th of June 1998 (Former Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Citrana), I and members of my family have been thrown into a state of utter confusion, frustration and hopelessness. Our accounts in banks in Switzerland and other European countries have been frozen illegally by the Federal Government of Citrana, allegedly us that the funds were siphoned away while my late father ruled Citrana from 1993 until his sudden death in 1998. Our family lawyers are still on the case at the Supreme Court fighting to have some of the money returned to us.

We have deliberated and resolved that part of our family substantial financial resources presently in a Security and Trust outfit in Europe be re-directed to you for a profitable investment in your country under the supervision of an able man power as we hope that you will be able to provide the needed services as regards the investment and management of the financial resources for the betterment of my family in good faith without prejudice.

Furthermore, legal contracts, non-disclosure agreement documents, and partnership agreements shall be drafted in association with this transaction by our family attorney only when I am assured and convinced of your credibility and security of this brief under your a bsolute control. Thereafter, arrangement would be expedited to move the funds over to you for further action to be taken by your good self on our behalf and for the benefit of our both families.

I thank you and look forward to a successful business relationship with you. I trust that you will enjoy and benefit from this opportunity to work with us. Though, I do not know you in person but I still maintain my father's philosophy that business is people and contacts. Business is always based on trust and open mindedness and it is on this note I act.

I await to hear from you.

Yours truly,

Spacey Orange House #4, Sani Abacha Crescent, Nasarawa G.R.A, Kano State, Citrana. Tel: +234 80-54004232

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Posted by RandomGirl on Oct-20-2007 19:32:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
"These things"? It's common fucking sense dude. Give your parents a pat on the back for doing such a good job with you, lol.

I dunno... it really isn't "common sense". You give out void cheques that have this information on them to your employer, so what harm could it be kind of thing, right?

However, you also give this info to new businesses that take automatic payments from you as well.

I suppose if you've never had someone take money from you through an automatic system, you wouldn't really realize that they essentially have the ability to withdraw from your account.

And as far as I am aware, they have to have the void cheque to do so. So actually taking money in this method would require someone to create false cheques under your name.

Meh... I don't think it is so well understood.

Posted by Ygrene on Oct-20-2007 19:32:

quote:
Originally posted by inconspicuous
DON'T SEND TEH NUMBAR!

lololol! That post got results.

Posted by Boomer187 on Oct-20-2007 19:44:

yea don't give out this info unless it is an established business, random people on internets can use bank account numbers to do crazy stuff like set up companies, get credit cards, loans, anything.

if you want to check if ur credit cards or bank numbers have been stolen post em up here along with ur address and pin number just to be safe, and we will check....

OH PLZ DON'T I WAS KIDDING!!!! I lol myself to sleep at nite.

Posted by SuspicionVandit on Oct-20-2007 19:57:

is it his fault he lives in heaven?

Posted by Ygrene on Oct-20-2007 19:59:

BABY YOU'RE ALL THAT I WANT

Posted by jonze on Oct-20-2007 20:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Boomer187
if you want to check if ur credit cards or bank numbers have been stolen post em up here along with ur address and pin number just to be safe, and we will check....

didn't you used to have sig like that?

Posted by Ygrene on Oct-20-2007 20:10:

quote:
Originally posted by jonze234
didn't you used to have sig like that?

Post up your ccard information to find out!

Posted by Marc Summers on Oct-20-2007 20:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Ygrene
BABY YOU'RE ALL THAT I WANT

WHEN YOU'RE LYING HERE IN MY ARMS

Posted by jonze on Oct-20-2007 20:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Ygrene
Post up your ccard information to find out!

i would but he doesn't have the application in his sig

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