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[nambee]

Just got an email fron my bank regarding possible call forwarding scams. People here may know about it but it's new to me so I'm passing info along.

Fraudsters try to trick you to forward calls to a # they control - including calls to verify your identity or give you a one-time passcode. If successful, they have all they need to sign in to your account.

Basically, someone poses as a bank rep, creating a false sense of urgency, and instructs you to dial *72 (or *21, etc) and a 10 digit #. If you do, calls intended for you will go to scammer so that they can intercept verification calls. authentication codes and other info to access your accounts.

I know that most of us are aware not to give any info over the phone but some may be unwittingly conned into doing this. 

Hope this helps to keep someone safe. Each day brings new variations of ways that scammers are using to get around our guard. The more we know, the better we can protect ourselves and help each other.

[Kachina624]

That's why I never answer unfamiliar phone numbers.   It also keeps me off sucker lists so I get almost no strange/nuisance calls. 

[Desertdi]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

That's why I never answer unfamiliar phone numbers.   It also keeps me off sucker lists so I get almost no strange/nuisance calls. 

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@Kachina624 

And NOW these crooks are stealing real people's caller IDs.

I have had 4 calls in one day from a "hospital", the Phoenix "school" district, a brokerage house, etc.    They were all kinda like the Social Security Lady phone calls.    Ya know: "this is an emergency that needs your immediate attention".....       di

[Mz iMac]

@Desertdi  Your "number" has been bounced around sold multiple times on the "dark web."

[Meowingkitty]

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@Desertdi wrote:

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@Kachina624 wrote:

That's why I never answer unfamiliar phone numbers.   It also keeps me off sucker lists so I get almost no strange/nuisance calls. 

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@Kachina624 

And NOW these crooks are stealing real people's caller IDs.

I have had 4 calls in one day from a "hospital", the Phoenix "school" district, a brokerage house, etc.    They were all kinda like the Social Security Lady phone calls.    Ya know: "this is an emergency that needs your immediate attention".....       di

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Don't you love the ones from the so called DMV (we don't have DMV in Arizona) saying we have an unpaid toll? (We don't have toll roads in Az either)

[Desertdi]

@Mz iMac 

It's been sold to somebody!    I get calls from people who assume I live in Berkeley CA.    (NO, my house is NOT for sale...)

[Desertdi]

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@Meowingkitty wrote:

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@Desertdi wrote:

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@Kachina624 wrote:

That's why I never answer unfamiliar phone numbers.   It also keeps me off sucker lists so I get almost no strange/nuisance calls. 

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@Kachina624 

And NOW these crooks are stealing real people's caller IDs.

I have had 4 calls in one day from a "hospital", the Phoenix "school" district, a brokerage house, etc.    They were all kinda like the Social Security Lady phone calls.    Ya know: "this is an emergency that needs your immediate attention".....       di

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Don't you love the ones from the so called DMV (we don't have DMV in Arizona) saying we have an unpaid toll? (We don't have toll roads in Az either)

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@Meowingkitty 

I even got one from "The Federal Reserve", telling me I had just won $800,000 in their "contest"...and all they needed was my checking account number so they could make the deposit.    

[We rescue cats]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

That's why I never answer unfamiliar phone numbers.   It also keeps me off sucker lists so I get almost no strange/nuisance calls. 

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Unfortunately I don't have that luxury. . . wish I did!

[Kachina624]

@Desertdi.  Have yoru ever had a call and your own number was in the caller ID?  They can do that too.  I had one once.

[Desertdi]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@Desertdi.  Have yoru ever had a call and your own number was in the caller ID?  They can do that too.  I had one once.

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@Kachina624 

Oh YEAH!     I have VOIP  since the local phone company couldn't serve my neighborhood.     I thought it was a "cable problem"...but they thought I was a crazy woman...    di