Same number stored and on the back of the card.
This sounds a lot the the SIM card scam, they steal your phones SIM card. Put it in a phone they have, and call, or say they forgot the password. When the place sends the 2FA text, it goes to their phone & they reset the password getting into your account. I’m sorry to hear this 10mm, I was almost taken in when a person with an Indian accent called and knew my age, birthdate, last four SS, and that I’m going into medical. When I confirmed this I was transferred to some English dude that knew the same info and wanted to help set up Medicare. I told him I’d do it myself and hung up. I’m now getting about 10 calls a day with ids like ECHOICEMED OR DSENIORCHOICE, all with different numbers as I continue to block them. I normally don’t answer these calls but was awaiting a call from my health insurance co. & the Id was EMEDBENEFIT, and I thought it was them.
Two or three days when I’ve done them 10.
I've never fell for a scam before so this stings even harder!This sounds a lot the the SIM card scam, they steal your phones SIM card. Put it in a phone they have, and call, or say they forgot the password. When the place sends the 2FA text, it goes to their phone & they reset the password getting into your account. I’m sorry to hear this 10mm, I was almost taken in when a person with an Indian accent called and knew my age, birthdate, last four SS, and that I’m going into medical. When I confirmed this I was transferred to some English dude that knew the same info and wanted to help set up Medicare. I told him I’d do it myself and hung up. I’m now getting about 10 calls a day with ids like ECHOICEMED OR DSENIORCHOICE, all with different numbers as I continue to block them. I normally don’t answer these calls but was awaiting a call from my health insurance co. & the Id was EMEDBENEFIT, and I thought it was them.
That's what I've read so hopefully I'll have my cash back tomorrow. There are some really weird rules for banks to reverse a transfer that I've been reading about. Some say you're money is gone for good.
That’s why I always use credit cards and never debit. You’re only responsible for $50 if card is used fraudulently, but whole amount if debit is used. Sometimes bank will give it back if it wasn’t your fault due to negligence On your part
These guys are getting really good at these scams. I recently got an email from my bank saying I needed to log in to account or it would be frozen. Of course they provided the link. Well I logged in off by browser instead and no info was pending. I sent a message through the bank app portal warning of the phishing attempt and other customers should be warned. The guy sends back, you should never log in through email (which I didn’t), and that they won’t ask for account info in an email. Oh well, I tried.
I'm wondering if me using public WiFi compromised my security today
Way too convincing!
Most definitely could, for the sim fraud they could easily get you phone number and name if you used public WiFi. You should purchase a good VPN from the App Store. I use Bitdefender Total Security for my computers and mobile devices. I didn’t purchase their VPN but their Mobil app gives you a free one you can use for like 200 mb of data per day. You need to connect & then do whatever on the public WiFi , then when done disconnect the VPN. I always forget & it then maxes out for the day. My email Id & password was stolen this way before I used a VPN, and they used it to send out spam emails. I should actually use a VPN on my computers as well.
