I personally had a scam interaction with a fake “bank fraud alert” text message which alleged my account was locked and prompted me to click a link to verify my identity. The whole thing was designed to grab details and money from the victim’s account by making the message sound very urgent and coming from the official source. What they did is they used the exact wording and bank alert style for their messages, plus the URL was almost the same so that the victims wouldn’t hesitate to drop their login details. When I think of it now, there were a handful of things that indicated it was a phishing message: the number it came from wasn’t the bank, the link was a little different than the usual, and real banks never send customers a link to verify their details through a text message.
If a person is undergoing the same situation, he/she can take precautions by opening the bank app that he trusts, calling the customer service number that is on the bank’s official site, looking at the URL closely, and not falling for those messages that say you have to act immediately.
Your story shows why it’s important to check messages carefully and never click on suspicious links. Thank you!
Of course, Thank you for reading!
This really helped me learn about a time I almost was scammed into a fake giveaway and brought me self awareness to be more cautious thank you!
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I’ve had the same thing happen to me.
I know right! More commonn than people think
I can’t believe so many scam messages like this go out, so sad. Especially knowing they target older people who are more likely to fall for it. Thank you for bringing awareness to this.
I Know! Its very common and I hope it stops happening soon.