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  • That Barclays digital eagles scam ad
  • Chest_Rockwell
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    After she tricks someone into disclosing their pin over the phone, why do all of her colleagues get up and abandon their workstations when she gets up to leave?

    They can’t all be running off to ATM machines and they could order lots of pointless cr@p from the comfort of their own desks.

    One operator tricks an old dear into revealing their pin and everyone clocks off, interesting business model? Quaalude break?

    I suppose it is meant to look dramatic but it just looks silly to me.

    Her serious face changing to a smug face grates, too.

    Clearly, I dont get it and I need to get out more. 😆

    simondbarnes
    Full Member

    I hadn’t noticed. That lady is pure evil though.

    parkesie
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    And don’t get me started on that singing prick wing walking.

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    neilwheel
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    It’s not real, it’s just a crap advert.

    genesiscore502011
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    Can’t be that crap….. someone is talking about it!

    stumpyjon
    Full Member

    Clearly you don’t get, it supposed to be a bank call centre which then melts away as the scam is revealed showing that you may thought you were dealing with something concrete and secure when you’re not, or at least that’s what read it as.

    davidtaylforth
    Free Member

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vo6YG9U_o8[/video]

    philxx1975
    Free Member

    Maybe it was lunchtime.

    Must have been a low budget ad anyway, if there had been more money in the pot they would have used a bloke.

    According to some anyway.

    richmars
    Full Member

    Isn’t it to show that the image of what, at the start of the advert, looks like a friendly call centre, is actually nothing of the sort, ie, it’s a con.

    Chest_Rockwell
    Free Member

    Clearly you don’t get, it supposed to be a bank call centre which then melts away as the scam is revealed showing that you may thought you were dealing with something concrete and secure when you’re not, or at least that’s what read it as.

    Ah, I can see the logic in that. 🙂 Still annoying, though.

    No quaalude break then? Sad face…

    edlong
    Free Member

    I was thinking the same, it’s not very well done imho.

    That other one where the guy builds enough knowledge to apply for credit cards from social media posts is loads better.

    ..and the woman in the call centre one looks enough like Philomena Cunk that I keep expecting her to say something hilarious.

    Could do better.

    finephilly
    Free Member

    There’s a more scary video on you tube of a dutch guy who scams his way to a new lotus exage via dodgy Ukrainian call centres and zombie bank accounts.

    wordnumb
    Free Member

    Barclays Bank warning of fraud, so much executive ironing.

    BadlyWiredDog
    Full Member

    I don’t think Skeletor is in any way implicated in all this. Seems very unfair to drag him into it. If anything I admire his joie de vivre and dance skillz. Just saying.

    CountZero
    Full Member

    Clearly you don’t get, it supposed to be a bank call centre which then melts away as the scam is revealed showing that you may thought you were dealing with something concrete and secure when you’re not, or at least that’s what read it as.

    I got exactly what they were on about, but in my experience all the dodgy ones have someone with an English name with a very iffy command of English purporting to be from either Microsoft or BT’s technical help desk, trying to get me to put my personal data into a highly insecure website.
    Not had a call asking for my PIN yet.

    Barclays BankSantender/HSBC/ warning of fraud, so much executive ironing.

    aracer
    Free Member

    I have had a call asking for my bank security details “so we can verify your identity”.

    From my bank – or at least I’m fairly sure it was, the conversation didn’t go much further.

    JAG
    Full Member

    I have had a call asking for my bank security details “so we can verify your identity”.

    Me too – I told ’em to “**** off” 8)

    molgrips
    Free Member

    Skeletor and He-Man – are they real bodybuilders or just some kind of foam latex suit? And how did they find someone who looks so much like He Man?

    perchypanther
    Free Member

    And how did they find someone who looks so much like He Man?

    Heman Resources?

    DezB
    Free Member

    Can’t be that crap….. someone is talking about it!

    It must be crap – I can’t even remember which bank it was advertising.

    Heman Resources?

    Superb 😀

    hatter
    Full Member

    I know that on here we’re all little clever clogs who would NEVER fall for such a thing and can roll our eyes at such warnings but if that Barclays ad stops one old dear from being diddled out of her life savings then I’m all for it.

    Oh and +1 for ‘Heman resources’ well played sir.

    Dorset_Knob
    Free Member

    I know that on here we’re all little clever clogs who would NEVER fall for such a thing and can roll our eyes at such warnings but if that Barclays ad stops one old dear from being diddled out of her life savings then I’m all for it.

    Yeah, but would that ‘old dear’ understand what the ad is (apparently) trying to say?

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    The cranks on this in the RN ad are what’s bothering most at the moment.

    perchypanther
    Free Member

    The cranks on this in the RN ad are what’s bothering most at the moment

    Not just the cranks……. it’s the logic.

    I took my Type 23 frigate to Halfords and asked them to do an oil change.
    They just looked at me like I was mad.

    wilburt
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    I find her strangely attractive but they I never have been very good at choosing partners.

    Theres another one about people getting bits of info about you from various social media platforms and piecing it all together.

    Thats more likely IME but Barclays are looking after Barclays in this ad.

    Stoner
    Free Member

    First time I saw her I was positively terrified. And not because she’s ginger either. Something very dark in the speed of change of facial expression.

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    It’s a weird ad – just makes me think scammers work in Barclays call centres!

    trailwagger
    Free Member

    What could they do with a pin number anyway? Wouldnt they need to have physical possession of your card as well?

    jimdubleyou
    Full Member

    What could they do with a pin number anyway? Wouldnt they need to have physical possession of your card as well?

    Log in to your online banking? They need one other piece of info.

    tommyhine
    Full Member

    It’s just an example of what people could potentially get scammed on and as mentioned earlier if it gets some less aware people to be more careful then all for the better.

    The whole barclays thing is a bit to promote barclays but they are actually promoting safer digital engagement in general.

    bikebouy
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    stumpyjon – Member
    Clearly you don’t get, it supposed to be a bank call centre which then melts away as the scam is revealed showing that you may thought you were dealing with something concrete and secure when you’re not, or at least that’s what read it as.

    That’s exactly what the advert was designed to show.

    There are a couple more on thier way..

    garage-dweller
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    The cranks on this in the RN ad are what’s bothering most at the moment.

    It’s ok he’s currently servicing someone’s Merlin or Lynx so won’t make any more offensive bike related errors….

    trailwagger
    Free Member

    Log in to your online banking? They need one other piece of info.

    Not mine they couldnt (hsbc), be surprised if other banks use a four digit pin to access online accounts.

    HSBC use a unique IB number that has 10 digits, then a memorable phrase and then a code generated by a key fob.

    alibongo001
    Full Member

    My wife used to work for Abbey National and amusingly their head of security was scammed into giving his details to someone on the phone!

    🙂

    jimdubleyou
    Full Member

    Not mine they couldnt (hsbc), be surprised if other banks use a four digit pin to access online accounts.

    HSBC use a unique IB number that has 10 digits, then a memorable phrase and then a code generated by a key fob.

    HSBC is one of the good ones.

    Natwest is a customer number, 4 digit pin and a word (selection from each of the last two).

    allan23
    Free Member

    The cranks on this in the RN ad are what’s bothering most at the moment.

    Yup, everytime it’s on. To be hoped they don’t let him fix a naval gun. It’ll be pointing at the deck rather than the target.

    CountZero
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    perchypanther – Member
    And how did they find someone who looks so much like He Man?
    Heman Resources?

    Oh, well played that man! Clean over the boundary!

    Log in to your online banking? They need one other piece of info.
    Not mine they couldnt (hsbc), be surprised if other banks use a four digit pin to access online accounts.

    Lloyds and Halifax both require a random sequence of three characters from the security word you have sert up; mine’s got eleven characters in it, and it’s bordering on a random selection of characters as well, so pretty secure I’d have thought.

    First time I saw her I was positively terrified. And not because she’s ginger either. Something very dark in the speed of change of facial expression.

    Nowt wrong with redheads! But I do agree with the expression, very creepy, and very effective.
    I’d be on my toes heading for the hills if my SO suddenly did that!

    aracer
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    Since this is a Barclays ad, then in their case having the PIN is useful for logging onto online banking. Just as useful as it is for stealing money out of a cash machine. In both cases you need to also be in possession of the physical card.

    aracer
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    That depends how you think it’s likely to be hacked.

    (in case any IT security experts get picky, there are potential flaws with the XKCD scheme, but the assumption that random characters makes a password secure is flawed – and it’s certainly vulnerable to an attack of the style in that ad)

    jimdubleyou
    Full Member

    there are potential flaws with the XKCD scheme,

    Like BatteryStapleCorrectHorse being a very popular password now 😛

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