British Bank Data Sold For Pennies
THOUSANDS of Brits' bank and credit card details held by Indian call centres are being peddled to crooks, The Sun can reveal today.
Dealers supplied with the confidential data by corrupt staff offer it for sale - for just PENNIES.
One sinister seller told undercover Sun investigators he could sell them details of 80,000 customers EVERY WEEK.
He bragged he already had British clients, including one who weekly buys the data on 100,000 people.
The Sun's team bought the details of 1,000 British customers from the dealer for £250.
That's just 25p a head for information that would let criminals plunder unsuspecting victims' accounts and steal their identities.
Dodgy cold callers could even single out hard-up customers as likely prey for high-interest loan offers.
We were given bank account details, personal data and credit card numbers with the three-digit CVV security code needed for use on the phone or web. There were even online account passwords.
We tracked down the dealer through a website where Indian traders with access to call centre data seek black market buyers.
The Sun team posed as villains setting up a dodgy insurance company in Nepal to target Britain.
Seller Deepak Chuphal, a former call centre worker, emailed us. He sent a "sample" - a spreadsheet containing details of 21 Barclays and Lloyds TSB customers.
Chuphal, 23, met us at a cafe in Delhi's Gurgaon district - call centre capital of the world.
He called up pages of British customers on his laptop.
Chuphal said: "It's taken from broadband when they do a direct debit."
not only for the customers but also for the industry. just because of a few foolish ass***** the whole country would have to suffer.