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The Federal Trade Commission says scams are getting more complex, and highlights one scam that tries to get consumers to share verification codes. Bank issues warning to never share verification codes
Use a phone number you trust, such as the number on a past statement or a verified number from your phone's address book. Beware of unsolicited messages claiming something’s wrong with your account.
When you log into your bank, credit card, or other online account (Amazon, your health insurance website, etc.), you might receive a text message or email containing a verification code.
The phone number we contact you with may be different each time. Enable 2-step for phone. 1. Sign in to your Account Security page. 2. Next to "2-Step Verification," click Turn on. 3. Select Phone number for your 2-step verification method. 4. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the process. Sign in with 2-step for phone. 1.
A SIM swap scam (also known as port-out scam, SIM splitting, [1] simjacking, and SIM swapping) [2] is a type of account takeover fraud that generally targets a weakness in two-factor authentication and two-step verification in which the second factor or step is a text message (SMS) or call placed to a mobile telephone.
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.
• 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.
Screenshot of a typical SMS Banking message on a mobile screen. SMS banking is a form of mobile banking.It is a facility used by some banks or other financial institutions to send messages (also called notifications or alerts) to customers' mobile phones using SMS messaging, or a service provided by them which enables customers to perform some financial transactions using SMS.