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I've considered myself fairly resistive to various devious scamming efforts but recently they have upped the game at completely new level. Other day I received
by sytelus 8y ago
I've considered myself fairly resistive to various devious scamming efforts but recently they have upped the game at completely new level. Other day I received text message that my XYZ card had suspicious charge and my card was disabled. To re-enable the card I must call 1-800- number. I absolutely believed that! That number is in fact fake number to get all your bank details!
These are clear attempt for theft. For physical attempts I would call police and that's one of the big restraint on rampant theft attempts. But there is no law enforcement infrastructure set up to report and act on electronic thefts easily. These thieves can easily be traced otherwise as their 1-800- numbers are public.
- deckar01 8y agoIf you are in the US you can submit reports to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). https://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx https://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoWhen I've had these I've always called the number on my card instead.
- mnw21cam 8y agoWhich is exactly what you should do. Or look up the number from the bank's own secure web site.