Home Categories Scamming "Wells Fargo Account Access Locked" Phishing Scam 18 18 3.58K 0 8y ago 2017-11-06T10:29:03-05:00 7y ago 2019-05-15T06:50:15-05:00 Online Threat Alerts Wells Fargo Bank customers who have received email messages like the one below, which claim access to their accounts have been locked, are asked not to follow the instructions in them. This is because the email messages are phishing scams being sent by cybercriminals to steal Wells Fargo Bank customers' account credentials, personal and financial information. Once the cybercriminals have received the stolen credentials, personal and financial information, they will gain access to their victims' accounts, hijack and use them fraudulently. The "Wells Fargo Account Access Locked" ScamFrom: Wells Fargo <rinfo@remax.net>To: Recipients <rinfo@remax.net>Sent: Mon, Nov 6, 2017 10:56 amSubject: Your -Access- LockedPlease 'preview' "attached" and act as "instructed".Dear User,As part of our security measures, we regularly update all accounts on our database system. We are unable to update your online account and therefore we will be closing your online accounts to enable the upgrade.To prevent an interruption with your online services, please take a few moments to update your account by filling out the verification and update form immediately. Click the BelowLink to verify your wellsfargo account.This is a system generated email. Please do not reply to it.SincerelyWells Fargo online TeamWells Fargo Bank customers should never click on a link to sign into their online accounts. They should always go directly to https://www.wellsfargo.com/ and sign into their accounts from there. Once they have signed in, they will be notified of changes or updates that need to be done to their accounts, if there is any.Wells Fargo Bank customers who have already been tricked by the phishing email messages should change their passwords and contact Wells Fargo Bank immediately for help. Check the comment section below for answers or additional information. Share what you know, or ask a question about this article by leaving a comment below. Online Threat Alerts is not affiliated with or endorsed by any trademark owner mentioned in this article. Save + Was this article helpful? (0) (0) More For You ▷'Wells Fargo Account Closure Due to Upg... ◁'Yahoo Account is Temporarily Limited' ... 'ARTURO ACEITUNO D.M.D. LLC' PayPal Sca... Is esamastery a Scam or is it Legit?... Keyed Scam Scheme and Stolen Credit Car... Comments / Answers Remove sensitive information from your post. Enter comment post here 18an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-userOct 6, 2019 at 5:08 PM by "Wells Fargo Account Access Locked" Phishing Scaman anonymous user from: Atascadero, California, United StatesWells Fargo does not care about You -- only protecting the $$$ they've $tolen from You. You can't rob a bank -- only try to take back a fraction of what they steal from U$ ALL. That, however, does Not make it right to steal from WF account holders. Phisherz r Skum.an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-userOct 3, 2019 at 11:54 AM by "Wells Fargo Account Access Locked" Phishing Scaman anonymous user from: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesStill happening...got a text on my cell Sept 25 from "registered wellsfargo" reporting unusual activity on my account. I do have a WF account but this was clearly a scam.One would think the real Wells Fargo people could do more to shut this stuff down. They have certainly had plently of people reporting this fraudulent activity to them.infohttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#infoAug 4, 2019 at 4:49 AM by "Wells Fargo Account Access Locked" Phishing Scaminfo"We have received a text msg from Wellsfargo-savingsaccounts.com(Wells Fargo) support-wellsfargo.gq Unusual Activity AccountLocked atAug 3, 2019 6:46 pm PSTWe have several Wells Fargo accounts....I did call the Wells Fargo Center and they said that we should report this to this email address..The called cellphone # was 530 277 5655 ..."Received via email.an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-userJun 23, 2019 at 2:10 PM by "Wells Fargo Account Access Locked" Phishing Scaman anonymous user from: Florence, South Carolina, United StatesReceived cell phone message that states Wells Access Locked. InfoCardReport431. A link was provided. Looks like may be a scam.an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-userJun 18, 2019 at 5:12 PM by "Wells Fargo Account Access Locked" Phishing Scaman anonymous user from: Newport News, Virginia, United Statesstill going on June 18. text number was 201-374-7949an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-userJun 8, 2019 at 6:54 PM by "Wells Fargo Account Access Locked" Phishing Scaman anonymous user from: Houston, Texas, United StatesThis is still going on. Just got a text today, 6-8-2019, same frozen hxxp://bit.ly/31j/LwZ, I deleted the text. keep notice up about scam and fraud, etc.
an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-userOct 6, 2019 at 5:08 PM by "Wells Fargo Account Access Locked" Phishing Scaman anonymous user from: Atascadero, California, United StatesWells Fargo does not care about You -- only protecting the $$$ they've $tolen from You. You can't rob a bank -- only try to take back a fraction of what they steal from U$ ALL. That, however, does Not make it right to steal from WF account holders. Phisherz r Skum.
an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-userOct 3, 2019 at 11:54 AM by "Wells Fargo Account Access Locked" Phishing Scaman anonymous user from: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesStill happening...got a text on my cell Sept 25 from "registered wellsfargo" reporting unusual activity on my account. I do have a WF account but this was clearly a scam.One would think the real Wells Fargo people could do more to shut this stuff down. They have certainly had plently of people reporting this fraudulent activity to them.
infohttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#infoAug 4, 2019 at 4:49 AM by "Wells Fargo Account Access Locked" Phishing Scaminfo"We have received a text msg from Wellsfargo-savingsaccounts.com(Wells Fargo) support-wellsfargo.gq Unusual Activity AccountLocked atAug 3, 2019 6:46 pm PSTWe have several Wells Fargo accounts....I did call the Wells Fargo Center and they said that we should report this to this email address..The called cellphone # was 530 277 5655 ..."Received via email.
an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-userJun 23, 2019 at 2:10 PM by "Wells Fargo Account Access Locked" Phishing Scaman anonymous user from: Florence, South Carolina, United StatesReceived cell phone message that states Wells Access Locked. InfoCardReport431. A link was provided. Looks like may be a scam.
an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-userJun 18, 2019 at 5:12 PM by "Wells Fargo Account Access Locked" Phishing Scaman anonymous user from: Newport News, Virginia, United Statesstill going on June 18. text number was 201-374-7949
an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-userJun 8, 2019 at 6:54 PM by "Wells Fargo Account Access Locked" Phishing Scaman anonymous user from: Houston, Texas, United StatesThis is still going on. Just got a text today, 6-8-2019, same frozen hxxp://bit.ly/31j/LwZ, I deleted the text. keep notice up about scam and fraud, etc.