[raddan]

I regularly conduct transactions at the branch of my local bank wherein they ask me for no credentials whatsoever. I also once forgot to bring my account number with me and the teller said "no worries, I'll look it up for you." Kind of horrifying.

[lostlogin]

Oh! But that’s safe! Secret question time: What’s your mother’s maiden name.

[jazzyjackson]

It helps that it’s a jailable offense to make fraudulent transactions

[doubled112]

Isn’t unauthorized access to a computer system also a jailable offence in most places?

Would using the password you gain through this social engineering be doubly illegal?

[empyrrhicist]

Well... sure. But people be crimeing, and some of these attacks can be done internationally.