You receive a call on your phone. The caller says they're from your bank

Re:You receive a call on your phone. The caller says they're... by shermozle on Friday May 03, 2024 @01:29AM (#40244374)

Some years ago I had one of these calls and the guy told me to turn over my card and call the phone number printed on it, then as for a specific extension number. I got back through to him in moments. This isn't that hard. However the caller didn't do this until I asked him to prove he was calling from the bank.

The banks (and utilities etc) are training the Boomers that they will call and claim to be from the bank.

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Re:You receive a call on your phone. The caller says they're... by cam_l on Friday May 03, 2024 @05:47AM (#40245842)

I got an security awareness email from my bank yesterday saying they will never SMS or email with links to login or payment, as these are often spoofed by scammers. Directly next to this paragraph was a link to the login for the bank.

I. have. no. words.

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Re:You receive a call on your phone. The caller says they're... by monkeyfun on Friday May 03, 2024 @12:57PM (#40249784)

You should screenshot that and just edit out any even vaguely personal info that might be there -- sounds amazing to see posted somewhere.

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Re:You receive a call on your phone. The caller says they're... by yencabulator on Friday May 03, 2024 @01:49PM (#40250323)

I got a letter from the county treasurer that their payment details have changed, and to send new property tax payments to a different PO box, in the major city 3h away. It mentioned a website with domain like foohost.net.

It was legit.

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