Woman gets sent 75,000 bank statements

[timROGERS]

An Aberdeen woman who asked for her bank statement was sent those of 75,000 other customers.

Stephanie McLaughlan, 22, was shocked when Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) sent her the unexpected financial details by mistake.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6310633.stm

[benjamin]

wow, they're smart.

and that's coming from me?

[Caution]

lolllllllllllllll.:rolleyes:

[Luckyrare]

how the hell did they manage that

[brapbrap]

Did they have like credit card numbers etc on? i dont really know what entails on a bank statement, if they do, the banks a bit dumb? blame it on the apprentice :D.

[VINTAGE]

hey ace im from aberdeen

[joshuar]

This is what happens when you let Work Experience kids loose with stamps :8

[brapbrap]

hey ace im from aberdeen

Lost any money lately?

[dirrty]

haha what idiots

[cocaine]

This is what happens when you let Work Experience kids loose with stamps :8

Ahaaa.

The bank seriously messed up there.

[stratosphere]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6310633.stm

ROFL! She got owned. Hehe, they sure messed up.

[PaintYourTarget]

ROFL! She got owned. Hehe, they sure messed up.
Lmao@You. She got sent the bank details of 75,000 other people. That's far from owned.

At work experience, I had the bank statements and credit card details for every credit card Coventry Council has. Some of them had limits of £25,000 per purchase.

[:Hazel]

lolz id have a heart attack.

[-Soph-]

oops is all I can say ^_^

[Jõnathan]

Imagine if a criminal fraudster got sent that...
Oops.

[stratosphere]

Imagine if a criminal fraudster got sent that...
Oops.
But surely they would know the address the stuff got sent to?

But he could've stole millions by the time that happens O.o