This is an important message to all Oregonians from AG Ellen Rosenblum:
Do not — under any circumstances — provide personal information to anyone who calls claiming to be from a bank or other financial institution and tells you your account has been compromised. That’s because they’re – more than likely – trying to scam you. Banks do not place calls like these.
Take charge! Tell the caller you’ll call back. Then: find a reliable phone number — not one they give you — for your bank and call them. Tell them what just happened.
In particular: never give any caller your account number, credit card information, pin numbers, ids, passwords, or Social Security number (or any part of it).
Similarly: do not click to respond to a text or email purporting to be from a bank. Again: find a reliable number for the bank (especially a local branch) and call them yourself.
Why am I sounding so urgent about this? The other day, my husband and I almost fell for this very scam. So, I want all of you to be safe from extremely devious bank imposters. (If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone!)
Ellen
Here’s a little more on the subject from our Consumer Protection Team:
- Visit “Banks Never Ask That” (https://www.banksneveraskthat.com/). This is a very helpful and informative industry-wide campaign to educate consumers about phishing scams.
- Verify that there is an issue. If you get a text message or phone call that looks to be from your…
