Summary Consumers are receiving fake purchase confirmation text messages from what appears to be their bank. When customers reply to those messages, a follow-up phone call to the customer shows the bank name for the Caller ID. These interactions evolve into a breached account. The report below from CBS provides more information. Source: CBS, 26… Continue reading Bank Fake Purchase Confirmation Text
Tag: Banking
Check Washing
Summary Scammers are stealing checks from the mail, chemically removing the ink, and then making the checks out to an alias name for cashing. Advice Use a black permanent ink pen that soaks into the check paper. Special pens are sold as anti-fraud pens for checks. Look for “Fraud Proof” in the description. [View Examples… Continue reading Check Washing
Citizens Bank Account Has Exceeded its Limit
Summary A common theme in banking related email scams is to notify the recipient that something is wrong with their account and request that they click a link to correct the problem. The example below is targeting Citizens Bank customers. For this and similar emails, do not reply or click any links. Do not call… Continue reading Citizens Bank Account Has Exceeded its Limit