Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
Scammers are sending the fake text alert below to potential victims. The fake alert asks potential victim call 8668230108, which is a telephone number operated by the scammers. The aim of the scam is to trick potential victims into calling the fake customer service/support number. The scammers will answer the phone and pretend to be a representative from their bank. They will trick their potential victims into disclosing their account credentials, personal and financial information, which they will use fraudulently.
(Msg Text.Alert for Number: xxxxxxxxxx,DebitCard-Account Blocked!!,Contact our 24/7 Service: 8668230108
If you were tricke by the text scam, please contact your bank for help.
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Received this debit card spam text on 12/19/23. Did not reply and immediately deleted the conversation.
They are scammers, if you want give it back to them, they will eventually hang up, then block them
100% scammers,depends on your level of boredom, me I have plenty. Just string them along as much as possible. Then they hang up.
How does the scammer associate the telephone number, (mobile in my case) with the possibility of a debit card account?
They may have gotten the information from cyber breaches. Hackers may have hacked a financial institution and sold the stolen data to other cybercriminals.
