| reply to nwrickert
SMS sent to cell phone From: 3736
Message:
customer.notification@visa.com / "Card Block Alert". To find out why you receive this alert call 1-877-245-1472. Thank you. /
What happens when I call that number?
"Your credit union has identified your account as having fraudulent entries and your credit card has been blocked. Please stay on the and a credit union security specialist will assist you."
*sounds of call being transfered*
"To assist you with your account, please enter your credit card number"
At that point, I hung up. |
|
|
|
 SnowymIRC unix.ro UnderNetPremium
join:2003-04-05
Kailua, HI
kudos:6
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·Clearwire Wireless
| Wow! You're in a special class of people.
Off the top of my head I'll say less than 1 in a half million people who receive these respond to them.
Did you call out of irritation or were you initially unsure about the message? |
|
| *deadpan* Define "special". *deadpan:end*
I wanted to see what the message hook was. I already knew it was a scam, but the number didn't show up in any search engines. Since this thread (the whole forum, actually) is regularly monitored by Google et al., might as well drop in the number and the message so if someone else searches, they'll find the info. |
|
 nwrickertsand groperPremium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
kudos:7 | Good thinking. And thanks for posting. |
|
SnowymIRC unix.ro UnderNetPremium
join:2003-04-05
Kailua, HI
kudos:6 Reviews:
·RoadRunner Cable
·Clearwire Wireless
| reply to NightVisor
said by NightVisor:*deadpan* Define "special". *deadpan:end* "rare, uncommon, unique..."
in a complimentary way |
|
| reply to NightVisor
That's funny, I got the same text today. I noticed that it said receive instead of received after looking at it a couple of times. I didn't even bother calling, especially after that grammatical error. So then I googled (hah it's a verb) the 3878 text number and nothing showed up. Then I searched the message through google and found that people actually gave up their account information lol. |
|
MGDPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
kudos:9 | reply to NightVisor
Your number must have been one of the first batches called. It has now shown up on several of the phone number websites:
»800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-245-1472
»whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/8772451472
»www.callercomplaints.com/SearchR···245-1472
MGD |
|
 SYNACKJust Firewall ItPremium,Mod
join:2001-03-05
Venice, CA | reply to MGD
Re: SMS sent to cell phone phishing MMS received on cell (t-mobile):
310@tmomail.net: We found a problem in your California account. Call urgently at (888) 666-9128
(Googling that number show numerous similar messages) |
|
SYNACKJust Firewall ItPremium,Mod
join:2001-03-05
Venice, CA Host:
Networking
Virtual Private Ne..
Netgear
ZyXEL
| Here's an interesting followup to this after checking my online bill in more details. We have 4 lines on that account and not all numbers are adjacent. Still, all phones received the same text message literally within seconds of each other.
I called t-mobile to see if there are any security measures in place to possibly prevent such things in the future, similar to e.g. spam filters for e-mail.
I am curious if the target numbers were skimmed from the stolen t-mobile data. |
|
| reply to nwrickert
Re: [Phish] Telephone phishing thread Did you ever get a reply from T Mobile? I have had the same problem. I do have messaging blocked as I don't want the service.
I have noticed, that if you pay your bill, TM sends an IM to all of the lines to thank you - I asked about that, and they have no fix apparently.
I'm also wondering about stolen numbers. The number I have was ported in from Verizon, and I never had a solicitor call. I do not give out the phone number except to those who need it.
CS |
|
1 edit | reply to nwrickert
nice website this is really a nice website and i found some useful and informative material on it. |
|
nwrickertsand groperPremium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
kudos:7 | I am glad you are finding it useful. |
|
 sivranOpera convertPremium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
kudos:1
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to nwrickert
Re: [Phish] Telephone phishing thread I kept getting calls with a recorded voice asking "do you own a small dog?"
Finally, I googled it: »whocalled.us/lookup/5712145430
Bleh!
--
Think Outside the Fox. |
|
 SSidlovOther Things On My MindPremium
join:2000-03-03
Pompton Lakes, NJ
·Optimum Online
1 edit | reply to nwrickert
Hi, I got one of these today on my cellphone. The Caller ID said 1402. (edit) I just checked my cell phone incoming calls log online and it says that the incoming call at that moment was 'me' -my phone number. (edit)
The automated voice was very poor quality.
The script went something like this:
"Hello, this is an automated message from Visa regarding your Visa Debit Card which has shown unusual activity. Due to this activity we have deactivated your card. To reactivate your card please press 1"
I thought at the time that this was fishy due to the low quality and that my Visa atm card messages would have come from my bank, rather than Visa. My bank has a pretty decent voice system. I called them and notified them that someone was phishing customers and ran it up to a supervisor level and suggested that they post something on their web page (as they do for other phishing) and maybe in the voice messages for the phone call center.
I'm concerned that
1. They knew I had a Visa ATM (which only the bank and Google know)
2. They knew my cell number (which is registered with the bank and Google) my cell is NOT associated with the card for payment purposes.
3. The new web Android market which I was playing around with the other day, has no HTTPS service on it only regular HTTP. I have my google sign-in set for HTTPS. (I keep getting that it's a insecure site, and market.android.com is an alias for goggle - which we know it is.)
--
»www.Warpstock.org
|
|
