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Automated Phishing Attempts Reported in the Area

Posted Monday, September 13, 2010 in Credit-Mortgages-Finances
by Erik Johnson

We normally think of phishing attempts as those that come through your email or from malicious websites, but they can also come from phone solicitations as well. Case in point, today we received an alert that several consumers have received automated phone calls telling them their credit or debit cards have been locked or temporarily suspended. Conveniently enough, the message also invites them to enter information over the phone to solve the problem. BBB warns this not to be done.

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