Scammers are reported to be posing in the role of bank fraud investigators and stealing money from unwary victims.
WPLG Local 10 reports that the Broward Sheriff’s Office in Florida issued a warning regarding the scam and has urged the public to remain vigilant due to the increasing cases of phone-related bank fraud.
WPLG reported that BSO Pompano Beach District had already received over a dozen complaints by residents who have been tricked to hand out thousands of dollar to scammers.
One victim, according to deputies, lost $15,000. One couple also fell for the scam, and were tricked to give up their personal identification number (PIN) or debit card. This resulted in over $9,000 of fraudulent charges.
Typically, the bad actors contact prospective victims by pretending that they work in the Fraud Department of their victim’s banks.
Scammers claim that suspicious activity has been detected on the account of the victim and they need to take immediate action in order to safeguard the money. The scammers then demand that the victim withdraw huge sums of cash or give over his debit card and PIN.
The scammer may arrange for Uber to collect the cash or debit card. In these cases, they instruct the victim to put the bag containing the items behind the seat and to not talk to the driver.
Police say legitimate banks won’t tell clients to send money through ride-sharing services or to give their debit cards and PINs over to third parties.
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