Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
The Citi Alerts text below, which claims the recipient's online access has been temporarily disabled, is a scam being sent by cybercriminals. The link in the scam text goes to a phishing website that steals account credentials, personal and financial information. Therefore, recipients are asked not to click the link in the text.
ClTl-AIerts: We have temporariIy disabIed your onIine-access. PIease foIIow Iink accthelpsec.com beIow to confirm acct ownership [OVHx35].
If you have received the Citi Alerts scam text, please share it in a comment below. And, if you were tricked into clicking the link in the text and submitted your account credentials and financial information on the fake website you were taken to, please contact Citibank for help.
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Received the following scam texts:8/12/2022 9:23AM 18595134746CitI Alerts: You requestednew debit card and pin byphone today. If you didn'tinitiate this action, please visithxxp://verifycic.com/64X4mhimmediately!************************************8/14/2022 5:48PM 16159552983CitI Alerts: Due to fraudulentactivity, your account'saccess was restricted on 08/14/22. Please visit hxxps://p1.rs/8AakE for accountreactivation***********************************