Interesting that even in the addendum at the end of the article (which I only skimmed) there is no mention of the most glaring oversight of the author. From his

Interesting that even in the addendum at the end of the article (which I only skimmed) there is no mention of the most glaring oversight of the author. From his own screenshot: "[...] Wells Fargo will not contact you by phone or text to request this code." To be fair, that should be about as large as the title text, and displayed before the code. And the scammer was likely doing a good job of keeping the author distracted enough to miss that.