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My parents just got hit for a couple thousand dollars. Somehow someone got ahold of their online banking info, pulled money from a savings account to a debit ca
by jedimastert 5y ago
My parents just got hit for a couple thousand dollars. Somehow someone got ahold of their online banking info, pulled money from a savings account to a debit card, and send the money God knows where through "Remitly", a services I've never heard of until tonight. Their bank is contacting Remitly, but they have to nuke all of their accounts and cards and start over, and they're out the cash until the bank comes through. It's really awful to see.
What's wild is my parents aren't the phishing victim types. They know about not reusing passwords, not sending passwords, not trusting phone calls, all of that good stuff. I'm really curious how they got got.
- orhmeh09 5y agoThis isn’t really helpful, I know, but Remitly is a real company and I’ve met someone who worked there — it sounded pretty legit. But like with Western Union, pretty much anything that lets you transfer money internationally is prone to misuse. It sounds really stressful what your family us going through and I hope they get their money back.
- jedimastert 5y agoYeah, from what I could tell there wasn't much Remitly could have done to prevent this outside of like checking citizenship documents and contacting the bank. They seem legit enough.