Thursday, 25 May 2006
Online banking
is still a bit of a fascinating novelty to me. Thank
God the fascination held up until today as I logged
on and noticed I have made over twenty withdrawals over
the past two weeks from cash machines in Colombia amounting
to over £1,200. What a holiday that was, I can't
even remember going. So I rang up my bank and the guy
said, "have you ever let your bank card out of
your sight?". Well, yes I have, just about every
time I go to a restaurant. I know there are some places
that now bring that magical little plastic shoe thing
to your table for you to tap in your pin number but
for every eatery with these facilities there's another
one where they whisk it away to give their friends in
Colombia the number. So my friend at the bank advised
me to never give out my card and if I do, to follow
it wherever it goes. So if you ever see me in a restaurant
and I appear to be stalking the waiter you'll know I'm
just looking after my finances. Although in saying that
I don't think I'm gonna need to for much longer, I've
had an email from a Mr Alhaji Shettima Mohammed Bulama
(erstwhile managing director of the Bank of the North
Nig.Plc) and he has kindly offered to deposit $18 million
US dollars into my bank account. What have I got to
lose??!
