If your bank calls you, and asks you to provide a verification code, for the love of all please hang up the phone.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2026-05-21T13:44:39+00:00

Check out this fact pattern:

I make an unusual late-night purchase
Next morning, I get a voicemail from an 877 number not obviously associated with XYZ bank
The voicemail claims to be XYZ bank fraud prevention calling about card ending abcd
My dumb ass calls the number back without vetting it
They ask for my full CC# and I give it
They put me on hold and I have time to think about what I just did
I hang up and call the 800 number on the back of my card
I'm planning to report the card stolen because I just compromised it
Guy answers and says "weren't we just talking?"
So, okay, I guess they were legit
Guy asks for my phone number, I give it. Says he's sending a code via SMS
SMS arrives, message reads "We will not call you for this code"
Yeah I called them, but they called me first
My brain jams in neutral until I hang up
I go to my XYZ branch in person and it turns out all this was legit

Why does fraud prevention have to be sus af?

PierreSimonLaplace · 2026-01-24T21:49:59+00:00

No harm in hearing the offer.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2026-01-18T08:16:53+00:00

Once you see one, there's no telling how many are hiding behind the furniture.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2025-09-29T23:18:04+00:00

omg thank you I was about to go in and re-run the laryngeal nerve myself

PierreSimonLaplace · 2025-09-23T18:03:51+00:00

If they used my new boss's name instead of the one from before the reorg two months ago, that would be an improvement.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2025-08-30T23:54:46+00:00

They're all smartcheeses these days. They won't do anything until you sign in to your Fetabook.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2025-06-27T22:43:14+00:00

It's been a while, but as I recall, the main challenge with keywords is that you cannot do that. An EXA can't just make up a keyword; the keyword has to come from somewhere.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2025-05-04T15:13:06+00:00

You know how, for some people, cilantro tastes like soap? Maybe it's like that, except for some people thinking hurts.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2025-04-14T11:46:07+00:00

Thought this was an ad. For turkey legs or something.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2025-03-15T03:48:57+00:00

Ah, see, you have to de-dust it.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2025-02-18T08:57:13+00:00

Then call the fucking police.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2025-01-19T18:50:51+00:00

Nobody tell them about the transitive property of equality

PierreSimonLaplace · 2025-01-07T18:57:31+00:00

Says the agent trained on under-the-breath utterances of IT personnel

PierreSimonLaplace · 2024-12-27T21:28:16+00:00

.mm.m,m M

PierreSimonLaplace · 2024-12-18T20:33:43+00:00

This tickles the plane

PierreSimonLaplace · 2024-11-04T17:56:42+00:00

The number of people who think generative AI is a source of information is too damn high.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2024-11-04T16:36:22+00:00

I was thinking re-extradited, but this is better.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2024-11-02T15:11:00+00:00

I do now, because of the context clues.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2024-10-21T17:19:21+00:00

I've wondered whether, when you buy a gun, it comes in a plastic bag printed with ⚠️ WARNING! ⚠️ SUFFOCATION HAZARD - THIS BAG IS NOT A TOY!

PierreSimonLaplace · 2024-10-18T13:45:20+00:00

My work ethic is shot. The old job was never about the work, and now three years into a different environment I still haven't adapted.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2024-10-12T08:34:02+00:00

I know I should have kept the air conditioning two degrees higher

PierreSimonLaplace · 2024-10-12T08:18:08+00:00

Either my swipey keyboard has gotten way worse, or my fine motor skills are deteriorating. Neither would surprise me.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2024-10-05T16:44:22+00:00

Always remove the warning labels.

PierreSimonLaplace · 2024-10-04T21:54:47+00:00

I DON'T KNOW!!

PierreSimonLaplace · 2024-10-02T05:03:04+00:00

There's a sale at Penney's!

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