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A Loan Offer Asked for Two Codes and a Token. Then Came an Unauthorised Transaction.
16 Sept 2026

A Loan Offer Asked for Two Codes and a Token. Then Came an Unauthorised Transaction.

The Central Bank of Barbados says an unauthorised transaction followed after someone gave a fake lender two verification codes and a BiMPay token. Those three things match what the BiMPay app asks for when you register and link a bank account to it.

Asking to "Read Back the Number" Made the Scam Sound Normal.
28 Aug 2026

Asking to "Read Back the Number" Made the Scam Sound Normal.

A caller with a UK number rang me, named someone I know from a WhatsApp group I belong to, and asked me to read back a code they were about to send. That code is the only thing standing between a stranger and your WhatsApp account.

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