Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scammers are sending the PNC alert scam text below to potential victims asking them to call the fake PNC Bank customer service 856 area code telephone number 856-491-4484. Therefore, recipients of the scam text message are asked not to call the telephone number in it or respond to it.
([PNC]You have one transaction in pending 8564914484 - ID1005) Reach us to approve/decline
The aim of the PNC Bank scam text is to trick potential victims into calling the scammers behind it. If contacted, the scammers will pretend to be PNC customer service and attempt to trick the potential victims into disclosing their account credentials, personal, and financial information, which they will use fraudulently.
If you were tricked into disclosing your account credentials and finanical information to the scammers, please contact PNC Bank for help. Their legitimate customer service telephone number is: 1 (412) 803-7711 or you can go to PNC's website at www.pnc.com/en/customer-service.html for contact details.
If you have received a PNC Bank text scam, please post it in a comment below to help inform others then delete it. Do not follow the instructions in it.
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Received this messageDo not have pancakes account scam scam
Just receive this stupid message. WE ARE SMARTER THAN THAT!
The scam is still active:"New_Alert ([PNC]You have one transaction ON HOLD - Call (856) 4914484- MSgRef4063 Call today) to approve/decline"
"Did you attempt $42.66 - Call 18564914484 - Exxon Mobile? to approve or decline".Received 4/24/203 6:38pm. Deleted it.
Received today 4/24/23 5:51pm. Deleted
Just received the text message. Deleted it. 4/24/23 at 3:14 PM
received Saturday April 22 at 3:23pm
Received it today, 4/24/23, in NJ 9:02AM
Received today 4/24/2023 at 2:22 p.m. FRAUD
Received 4124/23 9:45 am
Received monday 8:25 am 4/24/2023
Received it today, 4/24/23, in NJ
Also received it sunday night 4/24/2023 and googled the number.. It is fraud
Received this text on 4/24/2023.
Just received a text from this number...do not call
(Did you attempt $33.86 -Call 18564914484 - Exxon Mobil?) to approve or declineSmh
Received text scam message and responded, via text, Gecline and deleted message from my phone! do not call that number back, SCAMER
Received Sunday night
Received this Sunday night 4/23/23