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.
The PNC Bank Text Scam
([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.