NightVisor
Premium
join:2001-02-28
Rialto, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| 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. |
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SnowyOne
Premium
join:2003-04-05
Kailua, HI
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·Clearwire Wireless
| said by NightVisor  :At that point, I hung up. 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? |
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NightVisor
Premium
join:2001-02-28
Rialto, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
| *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. |
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nwrickert
sand groper
Premium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL | Good thinking. And thanks for posting. |
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SnowyOne
Premium
join:2003-04-05
Kailua, HI
·RoadRunner Cable
·Clearwire Wireless
| reply to NightVisor
said by NightVisor :*deadpan* Define "special". *deadpan:end* "rare, uncommon, unique..."
in a complimentary way |
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Avelos
@qwest.net
| 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. |
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MGD
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| 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 |
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SYNACK
Just Firewall It
Premium,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) |
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SYNACK
Just Firewall It
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join:2001-03-05
Venice, CA
·Comcast Formerly ..
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| 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. |
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