Dr Footleg (he/him) on Nostr: Well that's the closest I've come to being scammed to date. A phone call claiming to ...
Well that's the closest I've come to being scammed to date. A phone call claiming to be from my banks fraud department. Knew my name address and phone number and credit card number which they said they needed to check some recent transactions against. It was all totally plausible right up to the point they told me they would send me a code to block the transactions, and asked me to give them a OTP from an SMS I received. Then I knew it was a scam. Very slick operator.
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