New kind of scam - text messages

by Jesse 19. August 2008 11:32

Around 3pm today I get a message on my phone from data@cuofohio.org and the message went as such

Your Credit Union of Ohio services was suspended for suspicious activity, call us at 3054337563

Immediately my BS flags were going off.  For one, CU of Ohio operates in :GASP: Ohio.  305 goes back to FL.  So far, so full of it.  Next, I do a google search for that number -- nothing found useful.  So far, STILL full of it.  The last bit came when I called them from THEIR website ...and low and behold, the message contained a comment about the text message.  Hopefully, if anyone else searches for 305-433-7563, they'll get this page and realize its a fraud.

If it looks like BS and smells like BS...

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