Note: The Cone has vast flight experiences from spending much of its time at airports (as part Auto-X events).
While still in the Osaka airport the local ATM was used to exchange some money to Japanese Yen. Within a couple of minutes after the transaction was processed a text message (on the Canadian phone #) was received informing that the bank account from which the money was transacted has been frozen. The link http://www.mylanderpages.com/TD-Bank was presented to unfreeze the account. For future study:
- How did the phisher know the ATM was used?
- How did they know who the bank it was used with?
- How did they know the phone number associated with the account?
Another very anxiety inducing discovery for the Cone was that the Canadian bank knew the Cone was travelling to Japan without the Cone informing them. What else does the bank know abou the Cone - and most importantly - who are they sharing it with?
