The Hackers Brief from Cyber Wyoming is sponsored by First Federal Bank & Trust. Be aware of the latest scams in Sheridan, Wyoming and the rest of the nation.
Text with Voice Attachment Alert
If you receive a text with a pig and smiley face with sunglasses emojis as well as a voice recording attachment, a Laramie citizen wants you to know not to click on or download the voice recording. It is a well known scam.
Experian Alert
A Laramie citizen received a call from the real American Express credit card services asking if the citizen had applied for a high limit credit card. The citizen had not and was surprised to get the call because the citizen had placed a credit freeze on all of her credit reporting agency accounts. The American Express service representative said that the citizen’s Experian account was not frozen. The citizen looked it up in her records and found that it should have been locked, but went to Experian’s site and it was unlocked by someone other than her on Dec 18. She relocked the account and checked her credit. CyberWyoming Note: Experian has been in the news lately. Learn from this Laramie citizen and check your security freeze on Experian to make sure it is still active.
Blue Federal Credit Union Alert
The real Blue Federal Credit Union wants you to be aware of text scams asking you to click links. Hackers are using…
