M’sians Share That Their Bank Accounts Have Been Approving Unauthorised Transactions

Just recently, a wave of unauthorised transactions and scams are floating around, and many Malaysians have been feeling anxious about it.

This time round, it appears that the users of HSBC Bank have been detecting unusual/unauthorised transactions in their bank accounts.

A WORLD OF BUZZ reader named John has reached out and shared his experience regarding this matter.

When interviewed, he mentioned that, “There were a few fraudulent transactions that happened on my card. Mostly small transactions that could go by undetected but one night, I received a notification from my bank about an overseas transaction.”

“I was charged a US$6.65 (RM31.81) and realised that my bank card may have been compromised. The first thing I did was call my bank and blocked my card. After that, I went on my bank account and checked the statement,” he explained.

He said that it appears that his card was charged 3 times in the span of 2 weeks. “Out of the 3 transactions, I only received a notification about 1 of the transactions.”

All 3 of the transactions were unauthorised and the largest amount they took from him was RM75.

“I’m relatively careful when I use my card so I’m not sure what happened.”

John mentioned that he thinks the reason his card was compromised was because an institution had leaked his data.

“Just my personal belief, no evidence. It could be linked to the iPay88 data leak as this never really happened before the data leak incident,” he said.

Upon checks, it seems that the transaction was made to a website that claims to help with mind training. A user shared on a forum that he had the same experience of unauthorised transactions going to a boot camp for mind training.

Another reader Joanna wrote to us mentioning that she has also experienced the same incident where she was charged twice and the amount charged was also, RM5 and RM75.

This is a general PSA to check your monthly statement and make sure that all your cards linked to your apps are frequently updated.

*Names mentioned in the article above has been amended as our readers would like to stay anonymous.

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