Today, my friend sent me an online money transfer. After forgetting the password and locking myself out of my account, I had to phone up the bank and have it reset. I was prompted to answer the security question, which was "What, what?" I had to say "In the butt." to get my money. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was asked a security question by my bank's app when I tried using it after a year. After two to three wrong attempts, I got it correct with the answer, "Myself." The question was, "Who was your childhood friend?" FML
Today, I was trying to be a responsible adult and check my credit score. I accidentally mistyped my password five times, got locked out, and had to call customer service. They asked me so many security questions, I started questioning my own identity (and sanity). FML
Today, I tried to log in to my bank account but couldn’t remember the password. I clicked "Forgot Password?" and it asked me for the security question: “What is your pet’s name?” I've had several pets since I created the account, and forgot where I had updated it. Now I’m locked out of my bank account, with no idea who I am anymore. FML
Today, I tried to log into my bank account online but forgot my password. When I hit “Forgot password?” the security question asked, “What’s your mother’s maiden name?” I put it in and it said, “Incorrect.” It turns out that I've been misspelling it wrong for years and never noticed, despite my mom dying last year. FML
Today, I was logging into my work computer. My account became locked due to the many failed attempts at typing my password. Thinking I was alone, I said, “Fuck this shit” while dragging the keyboard off my desk. Turns out my supervisor was in the other room. I'd forgotten I'd changed my password the other day. FML
Today, after a promotion at work, my new manager made me reset my password for a website we use. To do so, I had to answer the secret question I’d set two years prior. The question was "What is your favorite activity?" The answer I had to type out in front of my manager was "Drinking." FML
Today, my cell phone broke. It wouldn't even turn on. I went online to access my account so that I could order a new phone. I couldn't remember my password. The phone company had an option of "forgot my password". Upon clicking I get a message saying "Your password will be sent to your phone". FML
Today, my bank sent me a message, saying that they'd disabled my account. To reactivate it, I need the account number, and I can't find it. FML
Today, my phone reset, wiping the touch ID on my credit card. I can't remember the password so I'm locked out. I tried "Forgot password", but you need to have the physical card. The card is tucked away in the bank lock box. The key to the lock box is packed in one of the 150 boxes we have prepped to move. FML
Today, I had to use my mum's laptop so she told me the password was just my sister's name. I hit a wrong key and misspelled it, so the incorrect password prompt came on screen. The prompt was: "Favourite child?" FML
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Top comments
kathii01 20
lol that's funny! YDI for making that song your security q & a
demolitionloverf 0
hahaja
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TheTerenity 9
All these comments would be weird if this was a guy speaking...
crmonk2 0
This is seriously stolen from me...and it was from money gram you ignorant freak....i left my id at home and they made me say a security answer that my friend had given me the answer and i had to say this to get my $$....jerk.
meggieh815 0
The song isn't originally from south park. it was a video a guy made on YouTube.
ArielTheMermaid 17
ummmm am I the only one who doesn't get it??
newkidontheblock_fml 1
i should think that from the other people's comments... only read a few though;)
meggieh815 0
haha, you probably aren't alone. :) it's from an old YouTube video. it was a song some guy made up. she probably saw it, or when south park copied it, and knew she wouldn't forget it. all cleared up? :)
zarden 0
I work at a bank and I love funny security answers! we all do! win
tintin1 0
That's hilariously clever.
skizzlerz 0
OH. MY. GAWD. This has got to be the funniest FML I've read yet XDD
jdawg2010 0
win.
ChuckNorrisBeard 0
rofl my nuts off
NinaMariel 0
Not a very safe security question if you ask me...
krez 20
None of them are, unless you make it nonsensical. Considering how much information there is about EVERYONE floating around out there these days (whether it is posted to Facebook, or public records, or stolen in a data breach from some company you have done business with, etc etc), pretty much any question about you can be researched (or socially engineered, like when some "friendly" stranger strikes up a conversation with you and gets you to disclose where you were born or talk about the dog you had as a kid). It is fake security so they don't have to actually try hard or spend money verifying who you are every time you lose your password. It seems like a good idea so most people don't complain, and it covers their ass.