Seriousness phishing alert!

kindlekitten · 01-11-2011, 12:56 PM

I have been getting calls on my cell phone for the last week from someone who identifies them self as being with Wells Fargo and wanting to talk to me about changes in the way the check card works. this seemed odd as I have email alerts activated for my account. I finally called the bank to check it out. they are NOT conducting any such campaign. I gave them the phone number (area code 402) they checked it and it is NOT associated with Wells Fargo at all!

happy_terd · 01-11-2011, 01:24 PM

Thanks for the heads up.

poohbear_nc · 01-11-2011, 01:30 PM

There's a similar phone scam going on for businesses with credit card machines - someone calls claiming to be with the credit card processing company and wants you to input changes into your machine - which in reality hijack your credit card calls via a new carrier to a new processing company.

01-11-2011, 12:56 PM	#1
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	phishing alert! I have been getting calls on my cell phone for the last week from someone who identifies them self as being with Wells Fargo and wanting to talk to me about changes in the way the check card works. this seemed odd as I have email alerts activated for my account. I finally called the bank to check it out. they are NOT conducting any such campaign. I gave them the phone number (area code 402) they checked it and it is NOT associated with Wells Fargo at all!

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01-11-2011, 01:24 PM	#2
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	Thanks for the heads up.

01-11-2011, 01:30 PM	#3
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,049 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	There's a similar phone scam going on for businesses with credit card machines - someone calls claiming to be with the credit card processing company and wants you to input changes into your machine - which in reality hijack your credit card calls via a new carrier to a new processing company.

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