Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
Scammers are sending the EBT Card scam security text message below, which claims the recipients' card has been frozen, to potential victims. The aim of the scam is to trick and frighten potential victims into calling scammers, who will pretend to be customer support representatives. The scammers will ask potential victims to disclose their account credentials, personal or financial information, which they will use fraudulently.
From: ebt-card-security-066@connectebt.com(Customer notification-j5im-Contact our 24/7 Security-Department: 8775908308 #) EBT-Card Temporarily Frozen! MessageID for 949xxxxxxx!"
From: ebt-card-security-066@connectebt.com
(Customer notification-j5im-Contact our 24/7 Security-Department: 8775908308 #) EBT-Card Temporarily Frozen! MessageID for 949xxxxxxx!"
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**WARNING** NO GOVERNMENT OFFICE WILL EVER CALL OR TEXT YOU FOR ANY INFORMATION ON YOUR ACCOUNT (social security number,bank account information..etc) MOST GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS WILL have disclose that at the beginning of the greeting.HOPE THIS HELPSMs. Liz