> So they want you to initiate a manual verification that you really do intend to move such a large sum to prevent that fraud. Yes, it's hilarious. One of my

> So they want you to initiate a manual verification that you really do intend to move such a large sum to prevent that fraud. Yes, it's hilarious. One of my banks requires me to do the transaction over the phone if it's above a certain limit. At which point, you talk to someone in a call center, and they proceed to ask you exactly the same information which you needed to introduce in their web interface to make the wire transfer yourself, and nothing else. This includes giving your web interface credentials over the phone, which could be heard by someone inadvertently or even phished if you happened to have misdialed accidentally. Or stolen by the call center employee. It's also great fun to have to spell out 20+ account digits, the names of the other people/companies, phone numbers and email addresses to receive confirmations and even a description of the transaction (fortunately I don't always buy sex toys). Gosh, how I love to spell out all this information, digit by digit, letter by letter, over a phone call! But since it's for my protection it makes it OK, right? Right? Hello?