It seems that the fraudsters have found a new way to reach potential victims, and instead of emails, they are now sending fraud alerts by text messages.
I have received “fraud” alerts by text message from Chase, Citibank, and Wells Fargo in the past week. All these are fake:
Citibank
Wells Fargo
Conclusion
I thought that the one where the scammers were using Amazon AWS as the host is quite clever, and many will end up unintentionally clicking through. At least the email providers can quickly identify messages as SPAM, but I am not sure if the same is possible with text messages.
I block any and all text messages that have a link. There has never been a legitimate message that I received with a link. And if there was I would sign into my real account for any further information. I delete anything that looks suspicious. If it’s legit they will call me. That’s how I look at it.
Xfinity,vaccination jist name a few. All legit.But is good to be cautious
I consider all that stuff spam unless I requested it. But, I only accept text messages from people I know and if they send links I don’t click on them. It’s just not that important.
Sure, that is a good habbit.
I got the same for wells fargo.. DONT CLICK any links for any banks
I know the general public is dumb enough to click, but card savy frequent flyers? I hope not.
Exactly! Anybody that clicks on those links deserve what’s on the other end.
So I guess the rule is anything that has a link do not click. Read the message and then contact the bank or credit card holder immediately.