Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
If you receive a PNC Security Department text that asks you to call 877-692-0390 because your PNC card has been blocked for security reasons, please do not. This is because the fake PNC security text is being sent by scammers. The aim of the scammers is to trick you into calling them at 8776920390 so they can steal your banking information.
If the fake PNC customer service or support telephone number is called, the callers will be greeted with a message welcoming them and claims their PNC card has been blocked for security reasons.
They will be asked to Press 1 to unblock and 2 to exit. If 1 is pressed, the automated voice response system will ask for their card information. If the requested information is entered, it will be sent to the scammers, who will use it fraudulently.
If you have been tricked by the PNC Security Department text scam into disclosing your card information, please contact PNC immediately for help.
If your have received the PNC Security Department scam text, please post it a comment below along the telephone number it came from. This will help inform others.
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Came from pnc-security-department-6014274669630433-scsc.pa.gov into a text
Different number may be the same scam833-679-1771
got a text from the 877 number text id was FHU666BBLFRI MAR 25 2022 AT 530 PMthese people are good anyone can fall for this c**p
Call from Scammer with 877 number and real sounding promoter.
BTW:::The scammer that texted me used different phone number! Keep on lookout everyone!
Thank you for writing this post! Just got this text and right away searched it! Can’t thank you enough🙏🏼 keep up the good work!