Beware of Phone Phishing
Apparently, phone phishing, like email phishing, is back on the rise.
We got a voicemail on our home line saying that there was suspicious activity on one of our cards. Instead of calling the number on the voicemail, we called the number on the back of our card…the official number
The card company said they never called us and that there was NO suspicious activity on the card.
Moral of the story – always call the official number of your bank, credit card or other financial institution (the one on your statements or back of credit card). I would not call the number on the voicemail, especially with your mobile phone…that’s one less number they have in their data banks that they can spam with text messages.
Here are some helpful links.
Microsoft’s write up.
There are more, so just do a web search.
