Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
The text messages below, which appear to be from Wells Fargo, are scams being sent by cybercriminals. The aim of the fake texts is to frighten and trick potential victims into calling 833-786-1011, 833-332-2028, 866-806-2280 and 833 area code telephone numbers operated by the cyber criminals.
wellsfargo-msg8599...(Did you attempt $88.81 @ Target #7322? Call: (833) 786 1011 to approve/decline
wellsfargo-msg8599...
(Did you attempt $88.81 @ Target #7322? Call: (833) 786 1011 to approve/decline
If you have been tricked into calling one of the fake Wells Fargo customer support telephone numbers and disclosed your banking accounting credentials, personal and financial, please contact Wells Fargo using the telephone number on the back of your card for help, before your information is used fraudulently by the scammers/cybercriminals.
If you have received a Wells Fargo scam text message, please post it in a comment below to help inform others. Include the telephone number the scam text came from.
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844-994-4552 is another number they’re using
I got this: "(A New Purchase of $15.43 - Call-us today - 8203860180) to approve/decline" which is obviously a scam. But the scary thing is there is nothing in the "From" or "To" fields. Why did my carrier allow a message to resent from an empty sender?