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PHILADELPHIA – Wells Fargo is warning customers about a growing scam in which fraudsters pretend to be bank employees in an attempt to steal money or sensitive account information.<\/p>\n
How the scam works <\/p>\n
According to Wells Fargo<\/a>, scammers may call, text or email victims claiming there is “suspicious activity” on their account.<\/p>\n The call may appear legitimate because criminals can use spoofing technology to make it look like the call is coming from the bank.<\/p>\n Scammers may then ask victims to: Provide personal information such as PINs or passwordsShare one-time access codesSend money to “reverse a transfer” or “protect” their accountMail a debit card or give it to a courier <\/p>\n Wells Fargo says these requests are red flags.<\/p>\n 5 steps to avoid bank imposter scams 1. Don\u2019t rely on caller ID <\/p>\n Caller ID can be spoofed, meaning the number displayed may not actually be from your bank.<\/p>\n 2. Don\u2019t share private account information <\/p>\n Wells Fargo says its employees will not call customers to ask for PINs, passwords or one-time access codes.<\/p>\n 3. Ignore requests to send money <\/p>\n The bank says it will never ask customers to send money to fix a problem, reverse a transfer or protect funds.<\/p>\n 4. Don\u2019t approve transactions you didn\u2019t initiate <\/p>\n If you receive a one-time access code for a transaction you didn\u2019t start, do not share or use the code.<\/p>\n 5. Hang up and contact the bank directly <\/p>\n If something feels suspicious, hang up and contact your bank using the number on the back of your card or the official website<\/a> or mobile app.<\/p>\n How to report a scam <\/p>\n Customers who believe they may have shared sensitive information or sent money to someone posing as Wells Fargo should contact the bank immediately at 1-800-869-3557.<\/p>\n Why you should care:<\/p>\n Bank imposter scams<\/a> are part of a broader rise in phishing and spoofing schemes targeting consumers nationwide. Financial institutions and law enforcement agencies continue to urge customers to verify communications directly before sharing any personal information.<\/p>\n The Source: This article was written using consumer security guidance from Wells Fargo.<\/p>\n Philadelphia<\/a>Consumer<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article PHILADELPHIA – Wells Fargo is warning customers about a growing scam in which fraudsters pretend to be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5668,139,539,69,71,70,593],"class_list":["post-129343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-consumer","tag-news","tag-pa","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}