Today I got a call from an unknown number
361-597-301
The IVR system said, that they have tried contacting me multiple time by mail.
It also said that they will close the account if I donot respond back.
Naturally I pressed 1 on the keypad to figure out what was wrong.
A guy picked and asked about my visa card details.
I asked which bank he was calling from and he hung up.
I tried calling back and it was an invalid number.
Imagine had I not asked the number he could have easily even tried to ask my credit card number for any of the popular banks and I probably would have complied.
Despite knowing that social engineering calls are growing in number, I almost fell for it.
My advice :- if you have not initiated the call to a bank yourself, do your best to verify that it is an agent at the bank.
You could even try telling him the wrong account number/ pin at first to verify if he is at the system.
All in all I am writing this post for you guys to read and also for google to crawl and spread the news to anyone else interested...
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