MURRAY – A clever group of scammers spoofed The Murray Bank’s (TMB) phone number on Saturday as part of a phishing scam aimed at collecting people’s online banking credentials. While the source of the breach is unknown, it is not believed that TMB’s security measures were compromised. Rather it is thought the breach likely occurred with a national retailer, such as Walmart or Amazon, because not everyone contacted was a TMB customer. In fact, many live in other states.
Eleshia Brandon, TMB senior vice president, compliance and BSA, described Saturday as frantic as the bank was “bombarded” by phone calls from people saying TMB had contacted them about fraudulent charges on their account. The information requested by the scammers varied from call-to-call – some were asked for usernames and passwords, while others were asked for email information and answers to security questions. One thing was consistent – the supposed $600.08 charge from a Walmart in Davenport, Florida.
“They spoofed our number to make it appear like (TMB) was calling, and then they were phishing for information,” Brandon said. “We were not hacked. What we believe is that a list of phone numbers was purchased or they just randomly were sent out to different phone numbers in a phishing attempt.
“It’s just the people who had Murray Bank…
