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Just piggybacking on this, if your bank (or eBay or Amazon or whoever) ever calls you to inform you of a suspected hack on your account, and says they're sendin
by taneq 1y ago
Just piggybacking on this, if your bank (or eBay or Amazon or whoever) ever calls you to inform you of a suspected hack on your account, and says they're sending you a 2 factor authentication code to confirm your identity, do NOT tell them the code. It sounds obvious when phrased like this, but if you're not familiar with the scam then yeah, it's a scam and they're trying to get your 2FA token in order to access your account.
- zoklet-enjoyer 1y agoThat's when you pull out the 69420 code and if they ask your name, it's Ben Chode.
- taneq 1y agoHaha yeah, or 'Deez'.
- _zagj 1y ago> do NOT tell them the code When my father calls his bank, they actually verify him by sending a 2FA code to his email that he reads back.
- debugnik 1y agoAt least he's doing so having called an already trusted number. But receiving a call from someone claiming to be your bank is a much more dangerous situation, despite it feeling similar to lay people. Banks should really train people to hang and call to their actual customer service.
- tempnew 1y agoA variation can be the scammer presents a fake number for you to call, via email, sms or worse through malicious ads that pop up when you google for the company phone number. Or, a phishing proxy like evilginx could overlay a “call [fake number] to unlock your account” as part of the login process.