Ex-Credit Card Thief Recommends Making Up Fake Answers To Security Questions:
In an interview, a former credit card thief talks about some of the scams he used to run on unwary consumers… instead of putting down the real answer to “What’s your mother’s maiden name?” put down “unicorn princess.”
I’d never be able to remember the fake answers.
Maybe you could put variations of the real answers. Some suggestions:
- Spell the answer backwards. So say the question was “Where were you born?” and the answer “Toronto”, use “otnorot” instead.
- Use fake answers associated with another family member instead of your own.
- If the answers are not for verbal use, use character substitution to easily remember it. Eg. Use the letter located to the right of the actually letter on a keyboard, so “y” for “t”, “p” for “o”, etc.
