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Acorns Scam Email Account Locked - 8662213560

The suspicious Acorns scam email below, which claims the recipients' Acorns email account has been locked and they need to unlock it by calling Acorns customer service number at 866-221-3560, was sent in error. Acorns have sent the customer support email below explaining the error and have posted this message on Twitter: "if you recently received an email regarding your account lock, the email that received was sent in error, and your Acorns account is secure and should not be locked."

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The Acorns Email Account Locked Message

Your Acorns Account has been Locked

From: info@notifications.acorns.com

Hi Investor,

We hope you're safe and doing well. We recently discovered unusual activity with your Acorns account.

For your security, we have temporarily locked your account to prevent potential fraud.

To unlock your account, please give us a call at 866-221-3560 between 5:00 am - 7:00 pm

Please ignore this message if you have already contacted us regarding this matter. Thank you for being an investor with Acorns. It’s our honor to help you grow your oak!

If you have received the email, there is no need to contact Acorns' support phone number, just ignore it. Here is the email sent by Acorns' customer service explaing the error:

From: support.acorns.com

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