Call from bank??

nubzy on 21/06/2011 - 14:48

Just got a mobile call from supposedly NAB. They asked me questions like how my banking is going, what I am studying at uni etc. I answered the questions. Now I have suspicion if it was really them??

Why are they asking me where and what I study etc? They ended the call saying 'it sounds like your all set with your banking' and thanks for your time.

In hindsight I should have hung up as soon as I got called, dont even know why I agreed to chat for a bit..

Didnt give any bank details or anything though of course..

am I safe??

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  • ESEMCE on 21/06/2011 - 14:53

    Probably depends how much info you gave and how active and private you are on Social Networks.
    I don't think your money is a problem, but your identity may be!

  • nubzy on 21/06/2011 - 14:54

    Yeah well all I really told them was the uni and course i was doing. one question I made up some bullshit.

    also I heard music on the background..

    kinda dodgy. I didnt really give anything important though. but they knew my name, and mobile number..

    hmmm

    I hope it wasn't some scammer that got my details from all the freebies and competitions that I enter

  • tanoshiiki on 21/06/2011 - 14:55
    +1

    Have you given your phone details to NAB in any promotion, like an O-week stand, online NAB competition, etc?

  • nubzy on 21/06/2011 - 14:56

    Nope I haven't. The only time I gave my mobile would have been in December when I signed up with that $50 free offer.

    Actually, I entered for the free volleys and headphones on NAB student collective. Cant remember if that asked for mobile..

  • finance on 21/06/2011 - 15:35

    i only get called when they want to sell me insurance or credit card. which i always say no. and they go away!

  • nubzy on 21/06/2011 - 15:39

    I got a call from Optus trying to sell me crap today as well. i hung up on them.

    I am actually really worried about this NAB call, they werent specifically interested in my banking but more like what I am studying, if i was at work/home, if i had bank accounts with any other banks…

    • dr_ rusko on 21/06/2011 - 17:19
      +1

      i also got this call - and hung up
      and then they called back the next day - and i hung up
      and then again 4 times!
      they were trying to sell me a galaxy s - told them i wanted and iphone and then they hung up on me…
      hurrah!!

  • tanoshiiki on 21/06/2011 - 15:44
    +1

    Sounds like NAB have have your mobile on their database, whether it was from December or the NAB Student Collective promotions. Given they were asking re: uni, it may have been from the NAB Student Collective promotion?

  • [Deactivated] on 21/06/2011 - 17:10
    +5

    Call NAB and ask if they are doing this….

  • moooooooo on 21/06/2011 - 21:59
    +1

    Without knowing the full details of the deal they offered, is it possible you indicated you were approaching the end of being a student, so they were calling to see how you were, how your studies went, and then when you say you've graduated, they convert your account from "student" to "fee-paying"? About 10 years ago, I had a "student" account with NAB and then one day mentioned to them that I was working full-time as part of a home-loan application. They put two and two together and realised that I must have stopped being a student and I should have been converted to "fee-paying" account status a few years earlier.

    Or else it was your mother pretending to be NAB to make sure you were being a good child and still studying hard…

    • tanoshiiki on 21/06/2011 - 22:17

      Except NAB transaction accounts are now fee-free anyway.

      • moooooooo on 22/06/2011 - 00:26

        Okay then, well times have changed in the past decade since I left NAB. I guess it must have been nubzy's mum.

  • nubzy on 22/06/2011 - 11:46

    haha definately not my mum..

    they had a new zealand accent.

    Its really weird but im not going to worry about it too much anymore.

    • moooooooo on 22/06/2011 - 21:03

      Oh no, she had a Kiwi accent? What a terrible way to find out you're adopted! :-D

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