• Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I got a call from “my bank” saying there was a problem with my account and if I give them my account number and details now we can resolve it. I was like "you’re the bank and you called me so you have my account number and info. What’s your name and employee number? And dude just cussed and hung up on me lol

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      3 months ago

      Favorite type of scammer! Just calling out of the blue and unable to provide details beyond “Give us money!”

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      3 months ago

      “Oh no, that’s terrible. Tell you what, I’ll hang up and call you back using the number on your website and we can continue this conversation.”