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Huntington Bank Text Scams Being Sent by Cybercriminals

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Huntington Bank Text Scams Being Sent by Cybercriminals

If you have received a text message from the Huntington Security Department indicating that you should call or text regarding your Huntington card, please disregard this text. Huntington Bank will never contact you for personal information such as account number or social security number.

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Some of the scam text messages are being sent to cell phones via a VZW.com email address that states:

"SECURITY DEPARTMENT ALERT PLEASE CONTACT HUNTINGTON (BANK AT different numbers entered here depending on where text originates)"

Other text messages ask recipients to follow prompts and even enter a social security number for faster service. But,

delete the text messages and do not call number.

Huntington said consumers should never click on links in text or email messages. Banks, credit card issuers, investment firms and other financial companies will never initiate contact and ask you to provide personal information such as your account number, account password, date of birth, Social Security number or other facts.

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Jun 17, 2020 at 12:22 PM by
Huntington Bank Text Scams Being Sent by Cybercriminals
an anonymous user from: Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States

Just received this email today. Notice the misspelling of "Huntinton" and the date of the "Event Logo" as July 1, 2020:
Huntington National Bank - Alerts & Notifications
Valued Customer,
Your access to online banking at Huntington Bank is temporarily locked after we observed suspicious account activities. We noticed you recently logged in and performed an action on your account from an unrecognized computer or mobile device.We monitor such actions to prevent unauthorized access to account(s).
To resume normal banking activities, please get verified by Visiting Here.
This email was sent automatically as an additional layer of security. Thank you for banking with Huntington Bank.

©2020 The Huntington Financial Services Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Huntington National Bank is an Equal Housing Lender and Member FDIC. ®, Huntington ®,Huntington.Welcome. ® and Huntington Heads Up ® are federally registered service marks of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated. © 2020 Huntington Bancshares Incorporated.
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Wednesday, 1 July 2020 7:00 pm
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