ATM Card Scam Alert!

[koshmom]

I just got a phone call to my cell phone, (which no banks know) and an electronic voice told me my (bank's name) ATM card was disabled, "please press 1". I hung up, called the # on the back of my ATM card, and they said they are aware of this scam and I did the right thing, they know all the info, incl. phone number of the scam, and my ATM card is

Comments

[jim_p]

I wouldn't be surprised if any of the recent massive data breaches are enabling more sophisticated forms of social engineering...

[frobzwiththingz]

while you're at it, if you get any calls from "877 499 3869", ignore them. This is asshole DAVID HANSON who runs all sorts of bogus collection scams. I've gotten 2 fucking
cell phone calls from this guys piece of shit autodialer in the last couple of days.

[whc]

Your bank should never need to call you to get your card number, they already know it!

[achinhibitor]

Your bank should never need to call you to get your card number, they already know it!

Indeed, they should tell the last 4 digits of the card so you know which card they're talking about.

This robo-call has gotten to be such a problem that the Waltham police did a reverse-911 warning people about it.

[koshmom]

wow, and I thought Medford did a lot of non-emergency reverse-911 calling. But a warning about a credit card scam? that is just too much!