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A new scam tries to use your phone number to scam others, and you could be at risk if you post your number in any public forum. Scammers now using verification codes to hijack phone numbers [Video ...
BBB has warned in the past about a scam on Facebook Marketplace where scammers posed as buyers and requested a seller’s phone number and six-digit code to “verify the seller is real.”
A growing number of these reports mention a scammer gaining or trying to gain access to a verification code in some way. There has been an uptick in calls from concerned consumers to the BBB ...
Please review your account settings and recovery methods from time to time, and especially prior to changing phone numbers or other email addresses, to help ensure you can always access your account!
• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.
What are 800 and 888 phone number scams? If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.
User being asked to dial a number or a send a message which helps the server identify that the number is genuine and valid. With the advent of smartphones, type 0 or type 1 SMS are also being employed to send the codes which are used to verify the genuine user. Soft tokens generated within the smartphone or push messages can also be used.
Phone scams are on the rise as scammers see opportunity thanks to many Americans getting stimulus checks, an increase in concern about COVID vaccine distribution and soon, the annual tax season.