Bank jackings

08 December 2023, 01:12 PM

wtg

Bank jackings

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‘Bank jackings’ in Chicago see robbers drain victims’ accounts with their phone apps
They grab cellphones and demand pass codes to banking apps like Zelle and Venmo. A Chicago architect who lost more than $2,000 that way says: “Don’t have any banking apps on your phone.”

https://www.wbez.org/stories/b...4a-ae11-dfeddb2f43ce

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08 December 2023, 01:40 PM

RealPlayer

Yikes.

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08 December 2023, 06:49 PM

AdagioM

Oh my

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08 December 2023, 06:55 PM

wtg

Happened fairly recently to a friend of my neighbor's college age son. They both go to Loyola here in Chicago. His buddy left a bar and some guys came up to him and demanded his phone and passcodes. That was the first time I heard of this type of robbery.

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08 December 2023, 07:28 PM

ShiroKuro

Ugh, something else to deal with.

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“Don’t have any banking apps on your phone.”

Right, just as everyone has practically switched everything to their phones. Oof.

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08 December 2023, 11:21 PM

RealPlayer

It was sort of inevitable. People aren’t carrying cash.

Keep a separate phone with low bank balance just for muggers?

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09 December 2023, 12:04 AM

Steve Miller

I see it’s possible to hide apps on an iPhone.

Couldn’t hurt?

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09 December 2023, 07:33 AM

ShiroKuro

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I see it’s possible to hide apps on an iPhone.

How does that work?

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09 December 2023, 07:49 AM

wtg

Tom's Guide seems to have a pretty good description:

https://www.tomsguide.com/how-...-hide-apps-on-iphone

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09 December 2023, 10:19 AM

Steve Miller

I’m not sure how much I’ll worry about this as I read that banks are liable for reimbursement like they are for credit cards.

If I do decide to set up protection I’ll get a throwaway bank account and put the app on my phone. A few $hundy, maybe. Anyone who wants it can have it.

I’d hide my real bank account so you have to search for it.

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09 December 2023, 11:33 AM

ShiroKuro

thanks for the link WTG, I'll take a look.

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I’m not sure how much I’ll worry about this as I read that banks are liable for reimbursement like they are for credit cards.

I have to wonder about this. At the very least I would worry that there might be a significant time lag during which you could be without funds if you had money in a checking and/or savings account and thieves forced you to transfer that such that the money was no longer in your account...

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09 December 2023, 03:36 PM

AdagioM

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Originally posted by wtg:
Tom's Guide seems to have a pretty good description:

https://www.tomsguide.com/how-...-hide-apps-on-iphone

But I think if you search for the app with the search bar, it will pop up anyway

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09 December 2023, 04:28 PM

ShiroKuro

Doh!

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09 December 2023, 05:33 PM

wtg

Determined thieves can get to anything.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts...010921431007232-QdQ3

Or you can get an Android.

https://www.macworld.com/artic...-thieves-iphone.html

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10 December 2023, 02:47 PM

Jack Frost

If the bank jacket has to transfer you $$$$ to an account he controls, how hard can that be to trace?

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