can anyone stole money from my bank account?

Question

i had received a mail that i am eligible for receiving 15 million dollars from some . i had given my account name & bank account no ( personal details also)to that person for transfer of funds. i have not made credit card . so can that person steal money from my account just using account name & bank account no? if yes then what r the steps i can take to prvent that person from stealing from my account?

Answer 1

OMG ! Yes, call your bank right now and close your account! This is called Phishing. The person scams you into giving out your acct information and then cleans you out! Don't wait! And never give out any information to strangers!!

Answer 2

Go to Google and do a search with All The Words. Type in "Robert Taylor Liberia...Nigeria...Scam."

You'll get all the information you need.

Close your bank account immediately.

Don't ever open "suspicious" emails, even if you just want to take a look. Best case, the spammers/scammers are trying to see if your email address is valid. If it is, they'll take it from there.

A scam artist may need your user name and password to use your Internet banking service, but hackers today are very sophisticated and they can get those easily. And it's easy to forge your signature.

You need to leave these people in the dark -- totally.

And don't try to "play" with them. One guy, a journalist as I recall, tried to follow the scam so he could write about it for his paper. Before long, his life was threatened. His story may be on the site that tells you about the so-called Nigeria Scam.

You know the old saying, "If it looks too good to be true, it probably is." That statement is more accurate if "probably" is left out.

This could be a dangerous game, so please be careful.

BTW, if you have given someone information about your bank account, the bank might disclaim liability for any money that someone may steal from you.

Answer 3

You need to close your account immediately. All they need to empty your account is your bank account number. There are a number of ways to do this:

1. They could submit checks with signature line filled out as "Approved by Account Holder" which if you have ever paid your cell phone bill via telephone you will have seen this before.

2. Use Automated Clearing House (ACH) debits to take your money electronically from your account.

3. Using your account info they can call the bank and attempt to change addresses, obtain a new debit card, etc. Hopefully your bank would catch this, but I have known banks with very poor telephone customer service departments.

So, go to your bank and tell them you have been the victim of phishing, and they will walk you through closing your account, opening a new one, and set up your new accounts so any paychecks and bills paid to/from your current account are switched over.

Answer 4

It is probably too late. They have all your money, and further more over-draft so now you owe the bank money. As fast as you can, get to the bank and close the account, to save whatever is left. Tell the bank that you have been really stupid idiot dumb, falling for an Internet scam. You want to take whatever measures needed to prevent any unauthorized transactions from your account. You will probably need to transfer whatever is left to a brand new account. After that, you probably need to do a mea culpa statement to the police, because all those 15 million dollar e-mails are from people who claim that they got the money illegally, and want to give you a discount for helping them money launder it. So by you deciding to try to help them, instead of reporting them to the police, FBI, Secret Service, or whatever, instead you became an accessory to their criminal behavior, and you need to turn state's evidence, cooperate fully with the authorities, so as to minimize your legal culpability. This is one of many many scams, in which the people at the bank are often somewhat ignorant. I had a friend who went bankrupt because a virus infected Quick Books of a customer, getting at the bank routing numbers, then the virus caused nickle dime transactions from the guy's bank accounts ... once they had the name of the account, and some of the banking info, they were able to go after other accounts at the same bank that were coded to permit electronic banking transactions.

Answer 5

Mail was bogus, it probably asked for money to process the check and if you send it then you lost that.

I hope the person was not able to empty out the account.

This is what I suggest that you should do, go to the bank and change the account by closing it, this is on the safe side.

The person will have still your info but but not the account No.

Closing the account is a must to protect you.

Answer 6

No, they cannot unless they have your internet banking user id and password. They cannot ask the bank to do manual remittance unless they can forge your signature. However normally for remittance involving large amount of money, the bank will always call up the account holder for verification.

This is a scam. They ask for your bank account and then will show you the remittance form from their bank with your bank account details. So after you believe them, they will then ask for for processing money. This money is always in a few thousand.

Of course there is one more way to do, that is transfer most of your money to any account and leave little money on this account. THis is to prevent forgery only.

Answer 7

not stealing. you gave it to them. you should be old enough to know better. what makes you think someone is just going to deposit 15m in your account? i'm sorry, but that's a scam. never ever give anyone your information unless you are making a purchase and even then you have to still be careful the site or company is legit. if someone calls you for your info. hang up!

Answer 8

Yes, they can steal your money. This is a scam. Close your account, then reopen it under another number. Nothing is free. If it sounds too good to be true, it is.

Answer 9

Oh my, never give a stranger your info....its all a scam. Talk to your bank right away and get them involved, You were a victim of a scam.

Answer 10

yes anyone can. so becareful with your credit cards.
if you lose them or your bank card, report it right away so they can stop them from being used.
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