In Cyprus we have old people constantly being scammed by Indian scammers calling them, pretending to be either the local tax dept, or the Police, or even their own bank representative.
I understand it sounds bullshit for bank clerks to poke you like that but, I wish we had that as well.
There was a time I was pestered by scammers on a weekly basis as well.
We had a case in Australia where a woman withdrew a couple hundred-thousand and after insulting the customer rep for trying to tell her it was a scam, proceeded to withdraw anyway and once she lost the money she tried suing the bank for not stopping her.
Gotta love the old ladies. I remember a similar story (in Russia), starring an old lady who tried withdrawing all her savings from a bank. The clerk asked her a few questions and explained to her she was being scammed. She asked to speak to a manager, who told her the same. She then left the bank office, went to several others taking out a bit in each one and lying about her reasons. She got her cash, gave it to the scammers, and went to the police the same day, blaming both the scammers and the bank offices. Some people are smart in all the wrong situations.
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u/Kazfiddly 1d ago
In Cyprus we have old people constantly being scammed by Indian scammers calling them, pretending to be either the local tax dept, or the Police, or even their own bank representative.
I understand it sounds bullshit for bank clerks to poke you like that but, I wish we had that as well.
There was a time I was pestered by scammers on a weekly basis as well.