Internet Banking Fraud

NJres
Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:42:30 +0000

crazed - I wondered about that. Chase lets you use a different computer but you must first get an authorization code, and maybe answer some security questions. The person that hacked my account supposedly added their own phone number to my account. But that should have generated a notifying email to me also.

I added a feature to my Bank of America account that requires me to login with a username, password and 6 digit number. A new number is sent to my cellphone every time I want to log onto my BofA online account. So now if someone wants to get into my bank info they need my username, pw, AND my cellphone. That site-key feature is only there to protect legitimate users from being steered to fake websites. It is not designed to prevent unauthorized users.